SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

                              FORM 10-Q



(Mark One)
[ X ]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE 
       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1997

                                 OR

[   ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Commission file number 0-12477


                             AMGEN INC.
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                                95-3540776
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(State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                Identification No.)


1840 DeHavilland Drive, Thousand Oaks, California     91320-1789
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    (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (805) 447-1000


Indicate by  check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has  filed  all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of  1934 during the  preceding 12 months   (or for  such
shorter  period  that  the  registrant  was  required  to  file  such
reports), and (2) has  been subject to  such filing requirements  for
the past 90 days.                  Yes  X    No

As of June 30, 1997, the registrant had 265,136,353 shares of  Common
Stock, $.0001 par value, outstanding.



                             AMGEN INC.

                                INDEX


                                                         Page No.

PART I    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

          Item 1.Financial Statements .......................3

            Condensed Consolidated Statements of
            Operations - three and six months
            ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 ....................4

            Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets -
            June 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 .............5

            Condensed Consolidated Statements of
            Cash Flows - six months
            ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 ..................6-7

            Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial
            Statements ...................................8-16

          Item 2.Management's Discussion and Analysis
                 of Financial Condition and Results of
                 Operations .............................17-23


PART II   OTHER INFORMATION

          Item 1.Legal Proceedings .........................23

          Item 4.Submission of Matters to a Vote of
                 of Security Holders .......................27

          Item 6.Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K ..........28

          Signatures........................................29

          Index to Exhibits.................................30
                                2

                   PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.   Financial Statements

     The information  in this  report for  the three  and six  months
ended  June 30,  1997  and  1996   is  unaudited  but  includes   all
adjustments (consisting  only  of normal  recurring  accruals)  which
Amgen Inc. ("Amgen" or the "Company") considers necessary for a  fair
presentation of the results of operations for those periods.

     The condensed consolidated financial  statements should be  read
in conjunction with the Company's financial statements and the  notes
thereto contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996.

     Interim results are  not necessarily indicative  of results  for
the full fiscal year.
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                             AMGEN INC.

           CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                (In millions, except per share data)
                             (Unaudited)

                              Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                   June 30,            June 30,
                                1997     1996      1997       1996
                              -------- --------  --------   --------
Revenues:
 Product sales ............... $566.7    $518.9   $1,102.7  $  995.8
 Corporate partner revenues ..   40.0      42.0       67.4      63.8
 Royalty income ..............   13.8      10.5       25.9      19.7
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
   Total revenues ............  620.5     571.4    1,196.0   1,079.3
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
Operating expenses:
 Cost of Sales ...............   76.8      68.3      148.8     135.2
 Research and development ....  145.4     123.6      293.1     254.2
 Marketing and selling .......   81.8      78.5      149.9     146.1
 General and administrative ..   43.7      37.8       88.1      77.0
 Loss of affiliates, net .....   12.1      14.9       20.6      28.2
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
   Total operating expenses...  359.8     323.1      700.5     640.7
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
Operating income .............  260.7     248.3      495.5     438.6
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
Other income (expense):
 Interest and other income ...   18.0      12.2       33.9      31.2
 Interest expense, net .......   (0.4)     (1.7)      (0.7)     (4.0)
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
   Total other income
    (expense) ................   17.6      10.5       33.2      27.2
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
Income before income taxes ...  278.3     258.8      528.7     465.8

Provision for income taxes ...   77.8      80.1      147.9     143.5
                               ------    ------   --------  --------
Net income ................... $200.5    $178.7   $  380.8  $  322.3
                               ======    ======   ========  ========
Earnings per share:
 Primary .....................  $0.72     $0.64      $1.37     $1.14
 Fully diluted ...............  $0.72     $0.64      $1.37     $1.14

Shares used in calculation
 of earnings per share:
 Primary .....................  277.5     280.9      277.8     282.2
 Fully diluted ...............  277.5     280.9      277.8     282.2
                       See accompanying notes.
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                             AMGEN INC.

                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                (In millions, except per share data)
                             (Unaudited)
                                             June 30,  December 31,
                                               1997        1996
                                             ---------  -----------
                               ASSETS
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents ...............   $  331.0   $   169.3
 Marketable securities ...................      894.0       907.7
 Trade receivables, net ..................      228.8       225.4
 Inventories .............................      105.6        97.4
 Other current assets ....................       86.2       102.8
                                             --------    --------
     Total current assets.................    1,645.6     1,502.6

Property, plant and equipment at cost, net    1,045.4       910.5
Investments in affiliated companies.......      111.7       109.6
Other assets..............................      240.6       242.9
                                             --------    --------
                                             $3,043.3    $2,765.6
                                             ========    ========

                LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable ........................   $   82.6    $   75.0
 Accrued liabilities .....................      440.5       449.7
 Current portion of long-term debt .......       65.0       118.2
                                             --------    --------
     Total current liabilities............      588.1       642.9

Long-term debt............................      134.0        59.0

Put warrants..............................       51.6       157.4

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:
 Common stock, and additional paid-in
     capital; $.0001 par value; 750 shares
     authorized; outstanding - 265.1 shares
     in 1997 and 264.7 shares in 1996.....    1,114.5     1,026.9
 Retained earnings .......................    1,155.1       879.4
                                             --------    --------
     Total stockholders' equity...........    2,269.6     1,906.3
                                             --------    --------
                                             $3,043.3    $2,765.6
                                             ========    ========
                       See accompanying notes.
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                             AMGEN INC.

           CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                            (In millions)
                             (Unaudited)
                                                  Six Months Ended
                                                      June 30,
                                                  1997       1996
                                                 ------     ------

Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net income .................................    $380.8      $322.3
 Depreciation and amortization ..............      65.1        54.9
 Loss of affiliates, net ....................      20.6        28.2
 Cash provided by (used in):
  Trade receivables, net ....................      (3.4)        0.5
  Inventories ...............................      (8.2)       (3.0)
  Other current assets ......................      16.6         8.2
  Accounts payable ..........................       7.6        (1.4)
  Accrued liabilities .......................      (9.2)      (14.4)
                                                 ------      ------
    Net cash provided by operating activities     469.9       395.3
                                                 ------      ------

Cash flows from investing activities:
 Purchases of property, plant and equipment .    (195.0)      (92.7)
 Proceeds from maturities of marketable
   securities ...............................     184.3       129.9
 Proceeds from sales of marketable securities     312.4       449.6
 Purchases of marketable securities .........    (483.0)     (393.7)
 Decrease (increase) in investments in
   affiliated companies .....................       3.2        (5.5)
 Increase in other assets ...................      (2.7)      (65.7)
                                                 ------      ------
    Net cash (used in) provided by investing
      activities ............................    (180.8)       21.9
                                                 ------      ------

                       See accompanying notes.

                      (Continued on next page)
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                             AMGEN INC.

     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

                            (In millions)
                             (Unaudited)

                                                 Six Months Ended
                                                     June 30,
                                                  1997       1996
                                                 ------     -------

Cash flows from financing activities:
 Repayment of long-term debt ................    $(78.2)    $     -
 Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ...     100.0           -
 Decrease in commercial paper ...............         -       (69.7)
 Net proceeds from issuance of common
   stock upon the exercise of stock options .      59.0        45.7
 Tax benefits related to stock options ......      28.6        15.8
 Repurchases of common stock ................    (210.9)     (234.8)
 Other ......................................     (25.9)      (26.7)
                                                 ------      ------
   Net cash used in financing activities ....    (127.4)     (269.7)
                                                 ------      ------

Increase in cash and cash equivalents .......     161.7       147.5

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
  period ....................................     169.3        66.7
                                                 ------      ------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period ..    $331.0      $214.2
                                                 ======      ======

                       See accompanying notes.
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                             AMGEN INC.

        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                            June 30, 1997


1.   Summary of significant accounting policies

  Business


     Amgen Inc. ("Amgen" or the "Company") is a global  biotechnology
company that  discovers,  develops, manufactures  and  markets  human
therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology.

  Principles of consolidation

     The consolidated financial  statements include  the accounts  of
the Company and its wholly owned  subsidiaries as well as  affiliated
companies for which the Company has a controlling financial  interest
and exercises  control over  their operations  ("majority  controlled
affiliates").  All  material intercompany  transactions and  balances
have been  eliminated in  consolidation.   Investments in  affiliated
companies which are 50% or less owned and where the Company exercises
significant influence  over operations  are accounted  for using  the
equity method.  All other equity investments are accounted for  under
the cost  method.   The caption  "Loss of  affiliates, net"  includes
Amgen's equity in the operating  results of affiliated companies  and
the minority interest others hold in the operating results of Amgen's
majority controlled affiliates.

  Inventories

     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market.  Cost  is
determined in  a manner  which approximates  the first-in,  first-out
(FIFO) method.  Inventories are shown net of applicable reserves  and
allowances.  Inventories consist of the following (in millions):

                                June 30,     December 31,
                                 1997            1996
                                ------         -------
         Raw materials ......   $ 14.8          $15.9
         Work in process ....     49.8           56.2
         Finished goods .....     41.0           25.3
                                ------          -----
                                $105.6          $97.4
                                ======          =====

  Product sales

     Product sales consist of two products, EPOGEN(R) (Epoetin  alfa)
and NEUPOGEN(R) (Filgrastim).
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     Quarterly NEUPOGEN(R)  sales  volume  in the  United  States  is
influenced by a  number of  factors including  underlying demand  and
wholesaler  inventory  management  practices.  Wholesaler   inventory
reductions tend to  reduce domestic  NEUPOGEN(R) sales  in the  first
quarter each year.   In addition, the  discretionary aspects of  some
cancer chemotherapy administration has  had a slight seasonal  effect
on NEUPOGEN(R) sales.

     The Company has  the exclusive right  to sell  Epoetin alfa  for
dialysis, diagnostics and  all non-human uses  in the United  States.
The Company sells Epoetin alfa under the brand name EPOGEN(R).  Amgen
has granted  to Ortho  Pharmaceutical  Corporation, a  subsidiary  of
Johnson &  Johnson  ("Johnson  & Johnson"),  a  license  relating  to
Epoetin alfa for sales in the United States for all human uses except
dialysis and diagnostics.  Pursuant to  this license, Amgen does  not
recognize product sales it makes into the exclusive market of Johnson
& Johnson and  does recognize  the product  sales made  by Johnson  &
Johnson into  Amgen's exclusive  market.   These sales  amounts,  and
adjustments thereto,  are derived  from  Company shipments  and  from
third-party data on shipments to end users and their usage (see  Note
4, "Contingencies - Johnson & Johnson arbitrations").

  Foreign currency transactions

     The Company has a program to  manage foreign currency risk.   As
part of this program,  it has purchased  foreign currency option  and
forward contracts to hedge against  possible reductions in values  of
certain anticipated foreign  currency cash flows  generally over  the
next 12 months,  primarily resulting from  its sales in  Europe.   At
June 30,  1997,  the Company  had  option and  forward  contracts  to
exchange foreign currencies  for U.S.  dollars of  $24.8 million  and
$22.8 million, respectively, all having maturities of seven months or
less.  The option contracts, which have only nominal intrinsic  value
at the time of  purchase, are designated and  effective as hedges  of
anticipated foreign  currency  transactions for  financial  reporting
purposes, and  accordingly,  the  net gains  on  such  contracts  are
deferred and will  be recognized  in the  same period  as the  hedged
transactions.  The  forward contracts do  not qualify  as hedges  for
financial reporting purposes, and accordingly, are  marked-to-market.
Net gains on option contracts (including option contracts for  hedged
transactions whose occurrence are no longer probable) and changes  in
market values  of forward  contracts are  reflected in  interest  and
other income.   The deferred premiums  on option  contracts and  fair
values of forward contracts are included in other current assets.

     The Company has additional foreign currency forward contracts to
hedge  exposures  to   foreign  currency   fluctuations  of   certain
receivables and payables denominated in foreign currencies.  At  June
30, 1997,  the  Company had  forward  contracts to  exchange  foreign
currencies,  primarily  Swiss  francs,  for  U.S.  dollars  of  $54.6
million, all  having  maturities  of  six  months  or  less.    These
contracts are designated  and effective as  hedges, and  accordingly,
gains and losses  on these forward  contracts are  recognized in  the
same period  the offsetting  gains and  losses of  hedged assets  and
liabilities are  realized and  recognized.   The fair  values of  the
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forward contracts are included in  the corresponding captions of  the
hedged  assets  and  liabilities.    Gains  and  losses  on   forward
contracts, to  the  extent they  differ  in amount  from  the  hedged
receivables and payables, are included in interest and other income.

  Income taxes

     Income taxes are accounted for  in accordance with Statement  of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109 (Note 3).

  Stock option and purchase plans

     The Company's stock options and purchase plans are accounted for
under Accounting  Principles Board  Opinion No.  25, "Accounting  for
Stock Issued to Employees".

  Earnings per share

     Primary and fully diluted earnings per share are based upon  the
weighted average number  of common shares  and dilutive common  stock
equivalents during the period in which they were outstanding.  Common
stock equivalents are outstanding  options under the Company's  stock
option plans which are included in the earnings per share computation
under the  treasury stock  method.   Put  warrants on  the  Company's
common stock may also be dilutive and included in earnings per  share
under the reverse treasury stock method.

     In February 1997, SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share" was  issued
and is required to be  adopted on December 31,  1997.  At that  time,
the Company will be required to  change the method currently used  to
compute earnings per share and to  restate all prior periods.   Under
the new requirements,  primary and fully  diluted earnings per  share
will be replaced with  basic and diluted earnings  per share.   Basic
earnings per share excludes the dilutive effect of stock options  and
will therefore  be higher  than primary  earnings per  share.   Basic
earnings per share for the three  and six months ended June 30,  1997
were $.76 and $1.44, respectively.  Basic earnings per share for  the
three and  six  months ended  June  30,  1996 were  $.67  and  $1.21,
respectively.  Diluted earnings per share  under the new standard  is
expected to be  essentially the same  as primary  earnings per  share
amounts calculated under principles currently used.

  Use of estimates

     The preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to  make
estimates and assumptions  that affect  the amounts  reported in  the
financial statements  and accompanying  notes.   Actual  results  may
differ from those estimates.

  Basis of presentation

     The financial information  for the  three and  six months  ended
June 30,  1997 and  1996 is  unaudited but  includes all  adjustments
(consisting only  of normal  recurring  accruals) which  the  Company
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considers necessary  for  a  fair  presentation  of  the  results  of
operations for these  periods.  Interim  results are not  necessarily
indicative of results for the full fiscal year.


2.   Debt

     During the first  quarter of 1997,  the Company  paid off  $78.2
million of maturing  debt consisting of  $28.2 million of  promissory
notes and $50 million of debt securities.

     Long-term debt consists of the following (in millions):

                                    June 30,    December 31,
                                      1997          1996
                                    --------      --------
       Promissory notes ..........   $ 40.0        $ 68.2
       Debt securities ...........    159.0         109.0
                                     ------        ------
                                      199.0         177.2
       Less current portion ......    (65.0)       (118.2)
                                     ------        ------
                                     $134.0        $ 59.0
                                     ======        ======

     The Company  has  registered  $213  million  of  unsecured  debt
securities of  which  $159 million  were  outstanding and  none  were
available for  issuance at  June 30,  1997.   At June  30, 1997,  $59
million of these  debt securities then  outstanding bear interest  at
fixed rates averaging  5.8% and mature  in approximately  one to  six
years.

     In April 1997, the Company issued the remaining $100 million  of
debt securities under its shelf registration which bear interest at a
fixed rate of 8.1% and mature on April 1, 2097.  These securities may
be redeemed in whole or in part  at the Company's option at any  time
for a redemption price equal to  the greater of the principal  amount
to be redeemed or the sum of the present values of the principal  and
remaining interest payments discounted at a determined rate plus,  in
each case, accrued interest.   These securities place limitations  on
liens and sale/leaseback transactions.

     As of  June  30, 1997,  $150  million was  available  under  the
Company's line of credit for borrowing  and to support the  Company's
commercial paper program.  No borrowings on this line of credit  were
outstanding at June 30, 1997.


3.   Income taxes
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     The provision for  income taxes  consists of  the following  (in
millions):

                            Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended
                                 June 30,              June 30,
                             1997       1996         1997     1996
                            ------     ------      ------    ------
     Federal(including
       U.S. possessions)... $72.3       $72.8      $137.4    $130.1
     State ................   5.5         7.3        10.5      13.4
                            -----       -----      ------    ------
                            $77.8       $80.1      $147.9    $143.5
                            =====       =====      ======    ======

     The decrease in the  effective tax rate in  the current year  is
the result of  a favorable ruling  received in the  third quarter  of
1996 from the Puerto Rican government with respect to tollgate  taxes
applicable to earnings in Puerto Rico.


4.   Contingencies

  Johnson & Johnson arbitrations

     In September  1985,  the Company  granted  Johnson &  Johnson  a
license relating to certain patented  technology and know-how of  the
Company to sell  a genetically engineered  form of recombinant  human
erythropoietin, called Epoetin alfa, throughout the United States for
all human uses except  dialysis and diagnostics.   Johnson &  Johnson
sells Epoetin alfa under the brand name PROCRIT(R).

     A number of  disputes have arisen  between Amgen  and Johnson  &
Johnson as  to  their respective  rights  and obligations  under  the
various agreements between them, including the agreement granting the
license (the  "License Agreement").   These  disputes have  been  the
subject of arbitration  proceedings before  Judicial Arbitration  and
Mediation Services, Inc. in  Chicago, Illinois commencing in  January
1989.  A dispute that has not yet been resolved and is the subject of
the current arbitration proceeding  relates to the audit  methodology
currently employed  by  the Company  for  Epoetin alfa  sales.    The
Company and Johnson & Johnson are  required to compensate each  other
for Epoetin  alfa  sales which  either  party makes  into  the  other
party's exclusive  market.    The  Company  has  established  and  is
employing an audit  methodology to assign  the proceeds  of sales  of
EPOGEN(R) and PROCRIT in Amgen's  and Johnson & Johnson's  respective
exclusive markets.  Based upon this audit methodology, the Company is
seeking payment of approximately  $12.6 million (excluding  interest)
from Johnson & Johnson for the  period 1991 through 1994.  Johnson  &
Johnson has disputed this methodology and is proposing an alternative
methodology for adoption by  the arbitrator pursuant  to which it  is
seeking payment  of approximately  $423 million  (including  interest
through December 1996)  for the period  1989 through 1994.   If as  a
result of the  arbitration proceeding, a  methodology different  from
that currently employed by  the Company is  instituted to assign  the
proceeds of sales between the parties, it may yield results that  are
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different  from  the  results  of  the  audit  methodology  currently
employed by  the Company.   As  a result  of the  arbitration, it  is
possible that  the  Company  would recognize  a  different  level  of
EPOGEN(R) sales than is currently being  recognized.  As a result  of
the arbitration,  the  Company  may be  required  to  pay  additional
compensation to Johnson & Johnson for sales during prior periods,  or
Johnson & Johnson may be required to pay compensation to the  Company
for such  prior period  sales.   While it  is impossible  to  predict
accurately or  determine  the  outcome of  these  proceedings,  based
primarily upon  the  merits of  its  claims and  based  upon  certain
liabilities established  due  to  the  inherent  uncertainty  of  any
arbitrated result, the  Company believes  that the  outcome of  these
proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its  financial
statements.  A  trial commenced in  March 1996,  regarding the  audit
methodologies and compensation  for sales by  Johnson & Johnson  into
Amgen's exclusive market and sales by Amgen into Johnson &  Johnson's
exclusive market.   In December  1996, testimony  in the  arbitration
ended.    Final  argument  before  the  arbitrator  on  the  parties'
respective audit methodologies and claims  occurred on May 19,  1997,
whereafter  the  matter  was  fully  briefed  and  submitted  to  the
arbitrator for decision.

     The Company has filed a demand  in the arbitration to  terminate
Johnson & Johnson's rights under the License Agreement and to recover
damages for  breach of  the License  Agreement.   Johnson  &  Johnson
disputes Arbitrator  McGarr's jurisdiction  to decide  the  Company's
demand.  A hearing before Arbitrator  McGarr on the Company's  demand
will  be   scheduled  following   his  adjudication   of  the   audit
methodologies for Epoetin alfa sales.

     On October  2, 1995,  Johnson &  Johnson filed  a demand  for  a
separate  arbitration  proceeding  against  the  Company  before  the
American  Arbitration  Association  ("AAA")  in  Chicago,   Illinois.
Johnson &  Johnson  alleges  in this  demand  that  the  Company  has
breached the License Agreement.  The demand also includes allegations
of various antitrust violations.  In  this demand, Johnson &  Johnson
seeks an  injunction,  declaratory relief,  unspecified  compensatory
damages, punitive  damages  and costs.    On October  27,  1995,  the
Company filed  a  complaint in  the  Circuit Court  of  Cook  County,
Illinois seeking an order compelling  Johnson & Johnson to  arbitrate
the Company's claim for termination before Arbitrator McGarr as  well
as all related counterclaims asserted in Johnson & Johnson's  October
2, 1995 AAA arbitration demand.  The Company is unable to predict  at
this time the outcome of the  demand for termination or when it  will
be resolved.    The  Company has  filed  a  motion to  stay  the  AAA
arbitration  pending  the   outcome  of   the  existing   arbitration
proceedings before Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services,  Inc.
discussed  above.    The  Company  has  also  filed  an  answer   and
counterclaim denying that AAA has jurisdiction to hear or decide  the
claims stated in the  demand, denying the  allegations in the  demand
and counter claiming for certain unpaid invoices.

     On June  5,  1997, Ortho  Biotech,  Inc., a  Johnson  &  Johnson
affiliate,  filed a demand for arbitration against Kirin-Amgen,  Inc.
("Kirin-Amgen"), before the American Arbitration Association ("AAA").
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The demand  alleges  that Amgen's  novel  erythropoiesis  stimulating
protein ("NESP") is covered by a  license granted  by Kirin-Amgen  to
Ortho  Pharmaceutical  Corporation  in  1985  for  the   development,
manufacture and sale of Epoetin  alfa in certain territories  outside
the United States,  Japan and China.   In  1996 Kirin-Amgen  acquired
exclusive worldwide rights in NESP from Amgen.  Kirin-Amgen, in turn,
transferred certain rights  in NESP to  Kirin and  certain rights  to
Amgen.   Ortho  Biotech  alleges  that  Ortho  Pharmaceutical's  1985
license agreement with Kirin-Amgen  effectively grants Ortho  Biotech
the same right to develop, manufacture  and sell NESP as  Kirin-Amgen
previously  granted  to   Ortho  Pharmaceutical  in   1985  for   the
development, manufacture and sale of Epoetin alfa.  On June 20,  1997
Kirin-Amgen initiated  suit  in the  Circuit  Court of  Cook  County,
Illinois seeking a judicial determination of Ortho Biotech's standing
to seek  arbitration  of  claims  under  Kirin-Amgen's  1985  license
agreement with Ortho Pharmaceutical.  At the same time,   Kirin-Amgen
filed a motion with  AAA to dismiss or  stay the arbitration  pending
judicial resolution of Ortho  Biotech's standing to arbitrate  claims
under Kirin-Amgen's  license agreement with Ortho Pharmaceutical.

  Synergen ANTRIL(TM) litigation

     Lawsuits have  been  filed against  the  Company's  wholly-owned
subsidiary, Amgen Boulder  Inc. (formerly  Synergen, Inc.),  alleging
misrepresentations  in  connection   with  Synergen's  research   and
development of ANTRIL(TM)  for the treatment  of sepsis.   One  suit,
filed by  a  limited partner  of  the partnership  with  which  Amgen
Boulder Inc. is  affiliated, has been  certified as  a class  action.
That suit seeks rescission  of certain payments  made by the  limited
partners to the partnership (or unspecified damages not less than $52
million) and  treble  damages  based  on  a  variety  of  allegations
relating to state  and federal law  claims.  The  plaintiffs in  that
suit also have filed a  second amended complaint alleging  violations
of federal  securities  laws.   In  August and  September  1996,  the
parties filed cross-motions for summary  judgement.  The Court  heard
argument  on   November  1,   1996.     Since  then,   the   parties'
representatives have reached a  tentative settlement agreement  which
is subject to  final approval by  the Court and  the approval of  the
limited  partners  of  the  partnership.     Under  its  terms,   the
plaintiffs, who include present limited partners of the  partnership,
will receive $14.5 million in exchange for the transfer of  ownership
of their units;  the suit will  be dismissed with  prejudice and  the
parties will exchange mutual releases.  In a separate matter, on June
13, 1997, the parties in the matter Susquehanna Investment Group,  et
al. v. Amgen Boulder,  Inc., et al., agreed  to a settlement in  that
matter in  which Amgen  Boulder, Inc.  agreed to  pay $1  million  in
exchange for dismissal of  the suit.  On  July 23, 1997, the  lawsuit
was dismissed with prejudice.

  FoxMeyer Health Corporation

     On January 10, 1997, FoxMeyer  Health Corporation, now known  as
Avatex Corporation ("Avatex"), filed suit (the "FoxMeyer Lawsuit") in
the District Court  of Dallas  County, Dallas,  Texas, alleging  that
defendant McKesson Corporation ("McKesson") defrauded Avatex, misused
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confidential information received from  Avatex about subsidiaries  of
Avatex  (FoxMeyer   Corporation   and  FoxMeyer   Drug   Corporation,
collectively  the   "FoxMeyer   Subsidiaries"),  and   attempted   to
monopolize the  market for  pharmaceutical  and health  care  product
distribution  by  attempting  to  injure  or  destroy  the   FoxMeyer
Subsidiaries.  The Company  is  named as one of twelve  "Manufacturer
Defendants" alleged to  have conspired with  McKesson Corporation  in
doing, among  other things,  the above  and  (i) inducing  Avatex  to
refrain from  seeking  other  suitable purchasers  for  the  FoxMeyer
Subsidiaries and (ii)  causing Avatex  to believe  that McKesson  was
serious about  purchasing Avatex's  assets at  fair value,  when,  in
fact, McKesson was not.  The Manufacturer Defendants and McKesson are
also alleged to have intentionally  and tortiously interfered with  a
number of  business expectancies  and opportunities.   The  complaint
seeks from  the  Manufacturer Defendants  and  McKesson  compensatory
damages  of  at  least  $400  million  and  punitive  damages  in  an
unspecified amount, as  well as Avatex's  costs and attorney's  fees.
On January 31,  1997, the Company  filed an  answer denying  Avatex's
allegations.  On February 4, 1997,  a Notice of Removal was filed  in
the Federal District Court for Dallas, Texas (the "District  Court"),
which was referred by  the District Court  to the Federal  Bankruptcy
Court in Dallas, Texas (the "Texas Bankruptcy Court").  Subsequently,
on February 7,  1997, a  Motion to Transfer  Venue was  filed in  the
Texas Bankruptcy Court requesting that this matter be transferred  to
the Federal Bankruptcy  Court in Delaware  (the "Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court"), where the FoxMeyer Subsidiaries' Chapter 7 bankruptcy action
is pending.  The Company is a creditor in such bankruptcy proceeding.
Avatex had moved to  remand the case  to state court.   On March  18,
1997, the Manufacturer  Defendants filed in  the Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court a Motion to Intervene in the creditors' committee (the "Chapter
11 Committee")  action that  asserted  that the  Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court should enjoin the  FoxMeyer Lawsuit.  Also  on March 18,  1997,
the Delaware Bankruptcy  Court converted  the FoxMeyer  Subsidiaries'
Chapter 11  bankruptcy  action  to  a  liquidation  proceeding  under
Chapter  7.    The   order  converting  the  FoxMeyer   Subsidiaries'
bankruptcy to  a  Chapter  7 proceeding  also  stayed  all  adversary
proceedings and other  proceedings filed  in the  bankruptcy until  a
permanent trustee was elected.   As of August  1, 1997, although  the
issues are  fully briefed,  no ruling  has been  made by  the  Dallas
Bankruptcy Court with respect to either the Motion to Transfer  Venue
to the Delaware Bankruptcy  Court or the Avatex  Motion to Remand  to
state court.  The trustee has moved to intervene as plaintiff in  the
Dallas Bankruptcy  Court action,  has filed  a memorandum  supporting
transfer  and  has  also  filed  a  memorandum  opposing  remand   or
abstention.  McKesson has intervened in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court
action to enjoin the Avatex lawsuit and has moved for partial summary
judgment in that proceeding, asserting that  Avatex is not the  owner
of the alleged causes  of action.   The Manufacturer Defendants  have
also intervened in  that Delaware  Bankruptcy Court  action and  have
joined in  McKesson's  summary  judgment motion.    The  trustee  has
substituted for the  Chapter 11 Committee  as the  plaintiff in  that
action and has  also filed its  motion for  partial summary  judgment
also asserting that Avatex does not own the causes of action.  Avatex
has moved  to file  its response  to  McKesson's motion  for  partial
summary judgment under seal by reason of various deposition materials
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originally taken pursuant to a confidentiality order which  materials
are being utilized in connection  with the partial summary  judgment.
McKesson has objected.  Avatex has  filed its answer and  affirmative
defenses to  the McKesson  complaint for  injunction.   To  date,  no
discovery  has  occurred  in  either  the  Dallas  Bankruptcy   Court
adversary proceedings  or  the Delaware  Bankruptcy  Court  adversary
proceeding for injunction.   There are  no pleadings yet  on file  by
either  the  trustee,   McKesson  or   the  Manufacturer   Defendants
concerning the  issue whether  McKesson owns  the alleged  causes  of
action rather than the Chapter 7 trustee.


     While it is not possible to predict accurately or determine  the
eventual outcome  of the  above described  legal matters  or  various
other legal proceedings (including patent disputes) involving  Amgen,
the Company believes that the outcome  of these proceedings will  not
have a material adverse effect on its financial statements.

5.   Stockholders' equity

     During  the  six  months  ended  June  30,  1997,  the   Company
repurchased 3.5 million shares of its common stock at a total cost of
$210.9 million under its common stock repurchase program.  The  Board
of Directors  has authorized  the Company  to repurchase  up to  $450
million of shares during 1997.   Stock repurchased under the  program
is retired.
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Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
          and Results of Operations

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Cash provided by operating activities  has been and is  expected
to continue to be the Company's primary source of funds.  During  the
six months ended June 30, 1997, operations provided $469.9 million of
cash compared with $395.3 million during  the same period last  year.
The Company had cash, cash  equivalents and marketable securities  of
$1,225 million  at June  30, 1997,  compared with  $1,077 million  at
December 31, 1996.

     Capital expenditures  totaled $195  million for  the six  months
ended June 30, 1997, compared with $92.7 million for the same  period
a year  ago.  The  Company anticipates  spending  approximately  $350
million to $400 million on capital  projects and equipment to  expand
the Company's global operations  in 1997.   Thereafter over the  next
few years, capital expenditures are expected to average approximately
$350 million per year.

     The Company receives  cash from the  exercise of employee  stock
options.  During the  six months ended June  30, 1997, stock  options
and their  related  tax  benefits  provided  $87.6  million  of  cash
compared with $61.5 million for the same period last year.   Proceeds
from the exercise  of stock options  and their  related tax  benefits
will vary  from period  to period  based upon,  among other  factors,
fluctuations in the market value of  the Company's stock relative  to
the exercise price of such options.

     The Company  has  a  stock  repurchase  program  to  offset  the
dilutive effect  of  its employee  stock  option and  stock  purchase
plans.   During the  six  months ended  June  30, 1997,  the  Company
purchased 3.5 million shares of its common stock at a cost of  $210.9
million compared with 4 million shares purchased at a cost of  $234.8
million during the  same period last  year.  The  Company expects  to
repurchase up to $450 million of its stock under the program in 1997.
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     During the six months  ended June 30,  1997, the Company  repaid
$50 million  of  debt  securities that  had  been  issued  under  the
Company's former shelf registration statement (the "Shelf").  At June
30, 1997, an  aggregate of $159  million was  issued and  outstanding
under the Shelf,  with no  additional issuances  remaining under  the
Shelf.  Of  these debt securities  outstanding under  the Shelf,  $59
million bear interest  at fixed rates  averaging 5.8%  and mature  in
approximately one to six  years.  In April  1997, the Company  issued
$100 million of debt securities under  the Shelf which bear  interest
at a fixed  rate of 8.1%  and mature on  April 1, 2097.   These  debt
securities were  issued  to refinance  a  portion of  debt  that  has
matured or  will  mature  in  1997  (see  Note  2  to  the  Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements).   The Company  also repaid  $28.2
million of  promissory notes  during the  six months  ended June  30,
1997.

     The Company  also has  sources of  debt  financing in  order  to
provide for  financial  flexibility  and increased  liquidity.    The
Company has a commercial paper program which provides for  short-term
borrowings up  to an  aggregate face  amount of  $200 million.    The
Company also  has  a  $150  million  revolving  line  of  credit  for
borrowings and to support the commercial  paper program.  As of  June
30, 1997, no amounts were outstanding under either source.

     The primary objectives  for the  Company's investment  portfolio
are liquidity  and safety  of principal.    Investments are  made  to
achieve the highest rate  of return to  the Company, consistent  with
these  two  objectives.    The  Company's  investment  policy  limits
investments to certain  types of instruments  issued by  institutions
with investment  grade  credit  ratings and  places  restrictions  on
maturities and concentration by type and issuer.  The Company invests
its excess  cash  in  securities  with  varying  maturities  to  meet
projected cash needs.

     The Company believes  that existing funds,  cash generated  from
operations and existing  sources of  debt financing  are adequate  to
satisfy its working capital and capital expenditure requirements  for
the foreseeable future, as  well as to  support its stock  repurchase
program.  However, the Company may raise additional capital from time
to time to take advantage of  favorable conditions in the markets  or
in connection with the Company's corporate development activities.

Results of Operations

  Product sales

     Product sales increased 9% and 11% for the three and six  months
ended June 30,  1997, respectively,  compared with  the same  periods
last year.

     NEUPOGEN(R) (Filgrastim)

     Worldwide NEUPOGEN(R)  sales  were  $271.8  million  and  $516.2
million  for  the  three  and  six   months  ended  June  30,   1997,
respectively.  These amounts represent increases of $17.1 million and
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$28.7 million or 7% and 6%, respectively, over the same periods  last
year.  These increases are primarily due to demand growth in domestic
and, to a lesser extent, international markets.  Unfavorable  foreign
currency effects and tight European government budget issues  reduced
growth in  European Union  ("EU") sales.   In  addition, the  Company
believes that the use of protease inhibitors as a supportive  therapy
in various  AIDs-related  therapies  has reduced  domestic  sales  of
NEUPOGEN(R) for off-label use  in this setting.   NEUPOGEN(R) is  not
approved or promoted for such use.

     Quarterly NEUPOGEN(R)  sales  volume  in the  United  States  is
influenced by a  number of  factors including  underlying demand  and
wholesaler inventory  management  practices.    Wholesaler  inventory
reductions tend to  reduce domestic  NEUPOGEN(R) sales  in the  first
quarter each year.   In addition, the  discretionary aspects of  some
cancer chemotherapy administration has  had a slight seasonal  effect
on NEUPOGEN(R) sales.

     Cost containment pressures in  the health care marketplace  have
contributed to the  slowing of growth  in domestic NEUPOGEN(R)  usage
over the  past  several  years.   These  pressures  are  expected  to
continue to influence such growth for the foreseeable future.

     The growth of  the colony stimulating  factor ("CSF") market  in
the EU in which NEUPOGEN(R) competes  has slowed, and is expected  to
continue to slow,  principally due  to cost  controls resulting  from
government budget issues in EU countries.  Additionally, the  Company
faces competition from another granulocyte CSF product.  Although the
Company's CSF market share in the EU has remained relatively constant
over the  last several  quarters, the  Company  does not  expect  the
competitive intensity to subside in the near future.

     EPOGEN(R) (Epoetin alfa)

     EPOGEN(R) sales were $294.9 million  and $586.5 million for  the
three and  six  months ended  June  30, 1997,  respectively.    These
amounts represent increases of $30.7 million and $78.2 million or 12%
and 15%, respectively, over the same periods last year.  For the  six
months ended  June  30,  1997, the  increase  was  primarily  due  to
continued increases in the U.S. dialysis patient population and, to a
lesser extent, the administration of higher doses.  Although sales in
the three months ended June 30,  1997, did benefit from increases  in
the U.S. dialysis patient population, EPOGEN(R) sales in this  period
were adversely  affected by  reimbursement changes  announced by  the
Health Care Finance Administration ("HCFA").   Prior to this  change,
Fiscal Intermediaries under contract to  HCFA were authorized to  pay
reimbursement claims for  patients whose hematocrits  were above  the
FDA approved level of 36 percent with adequate medical justification.
Under the new rules, medical justification will no longer be accepted
for payment of  claims above 36  percent, and  reimbursement will  be
denied if  the current  month's hematocrit  is 36  or above  and  the
patient's  hematocrit  exceeds 36.5  percent  on  a  90-day  "rolling
average" basis.    It  has been  and  remains  difficult  to  predict
EPOGEN(R) usage  during initial  implementation  of this  new  policy
because individual patient hematocrit variability is high, the timing
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and nature of dialysis  center actions varies  widely, and the  twice
postponed implementation  date has  lengthened  the duration  of  the
implementation period.   Implementation, originally set  for July  1,
1997, is now scheduled for September 1, 1997.  The Company  initially
experienced an  impact on  EPOGEN(R) sales  of withheld  and  lowered
doses in  the three  months ended  June 30,  1997, as  some  dialysis
providers attempted  to  reduce  hematocrits to  avoid  future  claim
denials.  The  Company anticipates that  because patient  hematocrits
can vary significantly from month to month, physicians will  withhold
doses  and  administer   reduced  doses  to   patients  to   maintain
hematocrits at a level which, in their judgment, is sufficiently  low
to avoid a claim denial.  Amgen is aggressively providing information
and guidance to dialysis providers on  changes in their practices  to
both maximize patient  outcomes to the  greatest extent permitted  by
the new policy and minimize the potential that claims will be denied.
It is not possible to predict  which recommendations will be  adopted
by each dialysis center or when they will do so.

  Corporate partner revenues

     Corporate partner revenues decreased by  $2 million, or 5%,  and
increased $3.6 million, or 6%, during the three and six months  ended
June 30,  1997, respectively,  compared with  the same  periods  last
year.  During  the three  months ended June  30, 1997  a $20  million
milestone payment was  received from  Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical  Co.,
Ltd. ("Yamanouchi")  compared with  a $15  million licensing  payment
earned from Yamanouchi during  the second quarter  of 1996.   Despite
this increase in funding from Yamanouchi, corporate partner  revenues
decreased during the three months ended  June 30, 1997 compared  with
the same period  last year primarily  due to a  reduction in  funding
from Kirin-Amgen, Inc.

  Cost of sales

     Cost of sales  as a percentage  of product sales  was 13.6%  and
13.5% for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997, respectively,
compared to 13.2% and 13.6% for the same periods last year.  In 1997,
cost of sales as a percentage  of product sales is expected to  range
from 13%-14% reflecting continuing  efficiencies of the Puerto  Rican
operations.

  Research and development

     During the three and  six months ended  June 30, 1997,  research
and development expenses increased  $21.8 million and $38.9  million,
or 18% and  15%, respectively, compared  with the  same periods  last
year.  These  increases are primarily  due to staff-related  expenses
for clinical and preclinical activities necessary to support  ongoing
product  development  activities.    In  1997,  annual  research  and
development expenses are expected to increase at a rate exceeding the
Company's product sales growth  rate.  This  increase is planned  for
internal efforts on development of product candidates, for discovery,
and for licensing efforts.

  Marketing and selling/General and administrative
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     Marketing and selling expenses  increased $3.3 million and  $3.8
million, or 4% and 3%, respectively, during the three and six  months
ended June 30, 1997 compared with the same periods last year.   These
increases were relatively  small because  higher staff-related  costs
and higher outside  marketing expenses were  substantially offset  by
lower  European  marketing  expenses  resulting  from  the  favorable
effects of  foreign  currency  exchange  rates,  and  lower  expenses
related to the Johnson & Johnson arbitration.

     General and administrative expenses  increased $5.9 million  and
$11.1 million, or 16% and 14%, respectively, during the three and six
months ended June 30, 1997 compared  with the same periods last  year
These increases were primarily due to higher legal and  staff-related
expenses.

     In 1997, marketing  and selling expenses  combined with  general
and administrative expenses are expected to have an aggregate  annual
growth rate lower  than the anticipated  annual product sales  growth
rate due in part to the favorable impact of foreign currency exchange
rates on  European  expenses  and reduced  expenses  related  to  the
Johnson & Johnson arbitration.

  Interest and other income

     Interest and  other  income  increased  $5.8  million  and  $2.7
million, or 48% and 9%, respectively, during the three and six months
ended June 30, 1997 compared with the same periods last year.   These
increases are primarily due to gains on foreign currency  denominated
contracts and  interest  income from  higher  cash balances.    These
increases were  partially  offset  by  investment  portfolio  capital
losses realized in the current year periods while capital gains  were
realized in the first quarter of 1996.  Interest and other income  is
expected to fluctuate from period to period primarily due to  changes
in cash balances and interest rates.

  Income taxes

     The Company's  effective tax  rate for  both the  three and  six
months ended June 30, 1997 was  28.0% compared with 31.0% and  30.8%,
respectively, for the same periods last year.  These decreases in the
tax rate  resulted from  a favorable  ruling  received in  the  third
quarter of  1996 from  the Puerto  Rican government  with respect  to
tollgate taxes applicable to earnings in  Puerto Rico.  In 1998,  the
Company expects the tax rate to increase to approximately 31%, due to
a change in the  U.S. federal tax law  which limits the tax  benefits
related  to  manufacturing  in  Puerto  Rico,  the  location  of  the
Company's fill-and-finish facility.

  Foreign currency transactions

     The Company  has a  program to  manage certain  portions of  its
exposure to fluctuations in  foreign currency exchange rates  arising
from international  operations.   The  Company generally  hedges  the
receivables and  payables with  foreign currency  forward  contracts,
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which typically mature within six months.   The Company uses  foreign
currency option and forward  contracts which generally expire  within
12 months to hedge certain anticipated future sales and expenses.  At
June 30,  1997,  outstanding  foreign  currency  option  and  forward
contracts totaled $24.8 million and $77.4 million, respectively.

Financial Outlook

     Worldwide NEUPOGEN(R) (Filgrastim) sales  for 1997 are  expected
to grow  at  a  rate  lower  than  the  1996  growth  rate.    Future
NEUPOGEN(R) sales  increases  are dependent  primarily  upon  further
penetration of existing markets, the timing and nature of  additional
indications for which the product may be approved and the effects  of
competitive products. Although  not approved or  promoted for use  in
Amgen's domestic  or  foreign  markets,  except  for  Australia,  the
Company believes that approximately 10% of its worldwide  NEUPOGEN(R)
sales are from off-label use as a supportive therapy in various AIDS-
related treatments.  Changes  in AIDS therapies, including  therapies
that may be  less myelosuppressive,  are believed  to have  adversely
affected and are expected to continue to adversely affect such sales.
NEUPOGEN(R) usage  is expected  to continue  to be  affected by  cost
containment  pressures  on  health  care  providers  worldwide.    In
addition, international NEUPOGEN(R) sales will continue to be subject
to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and government budgets.

     The Company  believes that  the EPOGEN(R)  (Epoetin alfa)  year-
over-year sales growth rate for the second half of 1997 will be  less
than the 15%  growth rate reported  in the first  half of this  year.
The Company  also anticipates  that increases  in the  U.S.  dialysis
patient population, and, to a lesser extent, dosing, will continue to
drive EPOGEN(R) sales in future years.

     The Company anticipates that the total product sales growth rate
in 1997  will be  somewhat less  than double  digits.   Earnings  are
expected to grow at a double  digit rate in 1997, however, Amgen  has
advised analysts that it  is no longer  comfortable with the  current
range of their estimates of earnings per share.  Estimates of  future
product sales and earnings,  however, are necessarily speculative  in
nature and are difficult to predict with accuracy.

     Except for  the  historical information  contained  herein,  the
matters discussed herein  are by their  nature forward-looking.   For
reasons stated, or for various unanticipated reasons, actual  results
may  differ  materially.    Amgen  operates  in  a  rapidly  changing
environment that involves a number of risks, some of which are beyond
the Company's control.   Future operating  results and matters  which
may affect the Company's stock price  may be affected by a number  of
factors, certain  of which  are discussed  elsewhere herein  and  are
discussed in the sections  appearing under the heading  "Management's
Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of
Operations--Factors That May Affect Future Results" in the  Company's
Annual Report on  Form 10-K  for the  year ended  December 31,  1996,
which sections are incorporated herein by  reference and filed as  an
exhibit hereto.
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Legal Matters

     The Company is  engaged in arbitration  proceedings with one  of
its licensees and various other legal proceedings.  For a  discussion
of these matters, see Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated  Financial
Statements.

                     PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings

     The Company is  engaged in arbitration  proceedings with one  of
its licensees.  For a complete discussion of these matters see Note 4
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - "Contingencies -
Johnson & Johnson  arbitrations".  Other  legal proceedings are  also
reported in Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
and in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,  1996,
with material developments since that report described below.   While
it is not possible to predict accurately or to determine the eventual
outcome of these matters,  the Company believes  that the outcome  of
these legal proceedings will  not have a  material adverse effect  on
the financial statements of the Company.

  False Claims Act matter

     As previously  reported, Amgen  was named  as a  defendant in  a
civil lawsuit initiated by a former  employee of Amgen in the  United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  This
suit, United States  ex rel. Eric  Zwick v. Amgen  Inc., et al.,  was
filed under the qui tam provisions  of the Federal False Claims  Act.
On June 11, 1997, after a full review of the allegations, the  United
States Department of Justice  filed a Notice  of Election to  Decline
Intervention in the  lawsuit.   In addition,  on June  28, 1997,  the
Court granted  the former  employee's motion  to dismiss  the  action
without prejudice.

  Synergen ANTRIL(TM) litigation

     On  June  13,  1997,  the  parties  in  the  matter  Susquehanna
Investment Group, et al. v. Amgen Boulder, Inc., et al., agreed to  a
settlement in that matter in which Amgen Boulder, Inc. agreed to  pay
$1 million in exchange for dismissal of the suit.  On July 23,  1997,
the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.

  NESP Matter

     On June  5,  1997,  Ortho Biotech,  Inc.  ("Ortho  Biotech"),  a
Johnson & Johnson affiliate, filed  a demand for arbitration  against
Kirin-Amgen, Inc.  ("Kirin-Amgen"), before  the American  Arbitration
Association  ("AAA").    The   demand  alleges  that  Amgen's   novel
erythropoiesis stimulating protein ("NESP")  is covered by a  license
granted by Kirin-Amgen  to Ortho Pharmaceutical  Corporation in  1985
for the development, manufacture and sale of Epoetin alfa in  certain
territories outside  the United  States, Japan  and China.   In  1996
Kirin-Amgen acquired exclusive worldwide  rights in NESP from  Amgen.
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Kirin-Amgen, in turn, transferred certain rights in NESP to Kirin and
certain  rights  to  Amgen.     Ortho  Biotech  alleges  that   Ortho
Pharmaceutical's 1985 license agreement with Kirin-Amgen  effectively
grants Ortho Biotech the same right to develop, manufacture and  sell
NESP as  Kirin-Amgen previously  granted to  Ortho Pharmaceutical  in
1985 for the development, manufacture and  sale of Epoetin alfa.   On
June 20, 1997 Kirin-Amgen initiated suit in the Circuit Court of Cook
County, Illinois seeking a judicial determination of Ortho  Biotech's
standing to  seek  arbitration  of claims  under  Kirin-Amgen's  1985
license agreement  with  Ortho Pharmaceutical.    At the  same  time,
Kirin-Amgen  filed  a  motion  with  AAA  to  dismiss  or  stay   the
arbitration pending judicial resolution  of Ortho Biotech's  standing
to arbitrate claims under Kirin-Amgen's license agreement with  Ortho
Pharmaceutical.

  Transkaryotic Therapies and Hoechst litigation

     On April  15,  1997,  Amgen filed  suit  in  the  United  States
District  Court   in  Boston   Massachusetts  against   Transkaryotic
Therapies  Inc.   ("TKT")  and   Hoechst  Marion   Roussel   alleging
infringement of several  U.S. patents owned  by Amgen  that claim  an
erythropoietin product and processes for making erythropoietin.   The
suit seeks  an  injunction  preventing the  defendants  from  making,
importing, using or selling  erythropoietin in the U.S.   On July  9,
1997, the Court  denied TKT's motion  to dismiss the  lawsuit on  the
pleadings.

  Biogen litigation
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     On March 10,  1995, Biogen Inc.  ("Biogen"), filed  suit in  the
United States  District  Court  for  the  District  of  Massachusetts
alleging infringement by the Company of certain claims of U.S. Patent
4,874,702 (the  "`702 Patent"),  relating to  vectors for  expressing
cloned genes.  Biogen alleges that Amgen has infringed its patent  by
manufacturing and selling  NEUPOGEN(R).   On March  28, 1995,  Biogen
filed an amended complaint further alleging that the Company is  also
infringing the claims of two additional patents allegedly assigned to
Biogen, U.S. Patent 5,401,642 (the "`642 Patent") and U.S. Patent No.
5,401,658 (the  "`658  Patent"),  relating to  vectors,  methods  for
making vectors and  expressing closed genes.   The amended  complaint
seeks injunctive relief, unspecified compensatory damages and  treble
damages.  On April  24, 1995, the  Company answered Biogen's  amended
complaint,   denying   its   material   allegations   and    pleading
counterclaims for  declaratory judgment  of non-infringement,  patent
invalidity and  unenforceability.   On January  19, 1996,  the  Court
decided,  upon  Biogen's  motion   to  dismiss  certain  of   Amgen's
counterclaims, that it will exert jurisdiction  over claims 9 and  17
of the  `702  Patent,  and dismissed  all  claims  and  counterclaims
relating to any other  claims of the `702  Patent.  Amgen moved  (the
"Summary Adjudication Motion") for summary judgment of invalidity  of
claim 9 of the `702 Patent.   On July 7, 1997, the Company's  Summary
Adjudication Motion was denied.   This denial  is not dispositive  of
the case, and  the effect  of the ruling  may be  to reserve  certain
issues for trial.   Discovery is  substantially complete.   No  trial
date has been set.

     In a separate matter, on July 30, 1997, Biogen filed a complaint
in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
in Boston alleging that Amgen infringes  claims 9 and 17 of the  `702
Patent, and the `642 Patent and  `658 Patent by making and using  the
claimed subject matter  in the United  States in  the manufacture  of
INFERGEN(R), the Company's consensus interferon product.  As of  July
31, 1997, Amgen had not been served with the complaint.

  Consensus interferon litigation

     On December 3, 1996, Schering Corporation filed suit in the U.S.
District Court for  the District of  Delaware (the "Delaware  Court")
against  the  Company  alleging  infringement  of  U.S.  Patent   No.
4,530,901 (the  "`901 Patent")  by the  manufacture  and use  of  the
Company's  Consensus  Interferon  product.     The  complaint   seeks
unspecified damages  and  injunctive relief.    The Company  filed  a
motion to dismiss (the "Motion to Dismiss") the action on January 24,
1997.   On  January  22,  1997,  the  Company  filed  an  action  for
declaratory relief  in  the  United States  District  Court  for  the
Central District  of  California  in  Los  Angeles  (the  "California
Court") naming Biogen Inc. and Schering Corporation as parties.   The
action seeks a declaration that the  `901 Patent is not infringed  by
the Company's  use of  INFERGEN(R) and/or  that  the `901  Patent  is
invalid.  By agreement between the parties, the Motion to Dismiss was
withdrawn and a motion to transfer  the case to California was  filed
on March  10, 1997.   On  June 24,  1997, the  Delaware Court  denied
Amgen's motion  to  transfer  and  the  case  is  now  proceeding  in
Delaware.   Pursuant  to  an agreement  between  the  parties,  Amgen
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withdrew its complaint filed in California.  Biogen has been added as
a plaintiff in the Delaware action.

  FoxMeyer Health Corporation

     On January 10, 1997, FoxMeyer  Health Corporation, now known  as
Avatex Corporation ("Avatex"), filed suit (the "FoxMeyer Lawsuit") in
the District Court  of Dallas  County, Dallas,  Texas, alleging  that
defendant McKesson Corporation ("McKesson") defrauded Avatex, misused
confidential information received from  Avatex about subsidiaries  of
Avatex  (FoxMeyer   Corporation   and  FoxMeyer   Drug   Corporation,
collectively  the   "FoxMeyer   Subsidiaries"),  and   attempted   to
monopolize the  market for  pharmaceutical  and health  care  product
distribution  by  attempting  to  injure  or  destroy  the   FoxMeyer
Subsidiaries.  The Company  is  named as one of twelve  "Manufacturer
Defendants" alleged to  have conspired with  McKesson Corporation  in
doing, among  other things,  the above  and  (i) inducing  Avatex  to
refrain from  seeking  other  suitable purchasers  for  the  FoxMeyer
Subsidiaries and (ii)  causing Avatex  to believe  that McKesson  was
serious about  purchasing Avatex's  assets at  fair value,  when,  in
fact, McKesson was not.  The Manufacturer Defendants and McKesson are
also alleged to have intentionally  and tortiously interfered with  a
number of  business expectancies  and opportunities.   The  complaint
seeks from  the  Manufacturer Defendants  and  McKesson  compensatory
damages  of  at  least  $400  million  and  punitive  damages  in  an
unspecified amount, as  well as Avatex's  costs and attorney's  fees.
On January 31,  1997, the Company  filed an  answer denying  Avatex's
allegations.  On February 4, 1997,  a Notice of Removal was filed  in
the Federal District Court for Dallas, Texas (the "District  Court"),
which was referred by  the District Court  to the Federal  Bankruptcy
Court in Dallas, Texas (the "Texas Bankruptcy Court").  Subsequently,
on February 7,  1997, a  Motion to Transfer  Venue was  filed in  the
Texas Bankruptcy Court requesting that this matter be transferred  to
the Federal Bankruptcy  Court in Delaware  (the "Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court"), where the FoxMeyer Subsidiaries' Chapter 7 bankruptcy action
is pending.  The Company is a creditor in such bankruptcy proceeding.
Avatex had moved to  remand the case  to state court.   On March  18,
1997, the Manufacturer  Defendants filed in  the Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court a Motion to Intervene in the creditors' committee (the "Chapter
11 Committee")  action that  asserted  that the  Delaware  Bankruptcy
Court should enjoin the  FoxMeyer Lawsuit.  Also  on March 18,  1997,
the Delaware Bankruptcy  Court converted  the FoxMeyer  Subsidiaries'
Chapter 11  bankruptcy  action  to  a  liquidation  proceeding  under
Chapter  7.    The   order  converting  the  FoxMeyer   Subsidiaries'
bankruptcy to  a  Chapter  7 proceeding  also  stayed  all  adversary
proceedings and other  proceedings filed  in the  bankruptcy until  a
permanent trustee was elected.   As of August  1, 1997, although  the
issues are  fully briefed,  no ruling  has been  made by  the  Dallas
Bankruptcy Court with respect to either the Motion to Transfer  Venue
to the Delaware Bankruptcy  Court or the Avatex  Motion to Remand  to
state court.  The trustee has moved to intervene as plaintiff in  the
Dallas Bankruptcy  Court action,  has filed  a memorandum  supporting
transfer  and  has  also  filed  a  memorandum  opposing  remand   or
abstention.  McKesson has intervened in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court
action to enjoin the Avatex lawsuit and has moved for partial summary
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judgment in that proceeding, asserting that  Avatex is not the  owner
of the alleged causes  of action.   The Manufacturer Defendants  have
also intervened in  that Delaware  Bankruptcy Court  action and  have
joined in  McKesson's  summary  judgment motion.    The  trustee  has
substituted for the  Chapter 11 Committee  as the  plaintiff in  that
action and has  also filed its  motion for  partial summary  judgment
also asserting that Avatex does not own the causes of action.  Avatex
has moved  to file  its response  to  McKesson's motion  for  partial
summary judgment under seal by reason of various deposition materials
originally taken pursuant to a confidentiality order which  materials
are being utilized in connection  with the partial summary  judgment.
McKesson has objected.  Avatex has  filed its answer and  affirmative
defenses to  the McKesson  complaint for  injunction.   To  date,  no
discovery  has  occurred  in  either  the  Dallas  Bankruptcy   Court
adversary proceedings  or  the Delaware  Bankruptcy  Court  adversary
proceeding for injunction.   There are  no pleadings yet  on file  by
either  the  trustee,   McKesson  or   the  Manufacturer   Defendants
concerning the  issue whether  McKesson owns  the alleged  causes  of
action rather than the Chapter 7 trustee.


Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


     (a)  The Company  held its  Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  on
          May 8, 1997.

     (b)  Omitted pursuant to Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Form 10-Q.

     (c)  The two matters voted upon at the meeting were to elect two
          directors to  hold  office  until  the  Annual  Meeting  of
          Stockholders in the year 2000  and to ratify the  selection
          of Ernst &  Young LLP as  the independent  auditors of  the
          Company for the year ending December 31, 1997.

          (i)  The following  votes were  cast for  or were  withheld
               with respect  to each  of the  nominees for  director:
               Mr. Gordon  M.  Binder:   223,424,399  votes  for  and
               1,923,447 votes withheld; and Mr. Franklin P. Johnson,
               Jr.:    223,431,735  votes  for  and  1,916,111  votes
               withheld.   All nominees  were declared  to have  been
               elected as directors to  hold office until the  Annual
               Meeting  of  Stockholders  in  the  year  2000.     No
               abstentions or  broker  non-votes were  cast  for  the
               election of directors.

          (ii) With respect to the  proposal to ratify the  selection
               of Ernst  & Young  LLP  as the  Company's  independent
               auditors,  224,423,943 votes   were   cast   for   the
               proposal, 344,215 votes were cast against the proposal
               and 579,678 votes abstained.  No broker non-votes were
               cast in connection with  the proposal.  The  selection
               of Ernst  & Young  LLP  as the  Company's  independent
               auditors for  the year  ending December  31, 1997  was
               declared to have been ratified.
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     (d)  Not applicable.


Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

     (a)  Reference is made to the Index to Exhibits included herein.

     (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

     The Company filed  two Current Reports  on Form  8-K during  the
three months ended June 30, 1997.  The report filed on April 8,  1997
reported under Item 5 that the  Company entered into an  underwriting
agreement pursuant to the  sale of its  debt securities and  reported
under Item 7 the list of related exhibits.  The report filed on  June
13, 1997 reported under Item 5 an update to certain litigation.
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                             SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of  the Securities Exchange Act  of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on  its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                     Amgen Inc.
                                     (Registrant)



Date:     8/11/97                    By:/s/ Robert S. Attiyeh
- ------------------                   ---------------------------------
                                        Robert S. Attiyeh
                                        Senior Vice President, Finance
                                        and Corporate Development, and
                                        Chief Financial Officer




Date:     8/11/97                    By:/s/ Kathryn E. Falberg
- ------------------                   ---------------------------------
                                        Kathryn E. Falberg
                                        Vice President, Corporate
                                        Controller and Chief
                                        Accounting Officer

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                             AMGEN INC.


                          INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.                     Description

  3.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended. (26)
 *3.2       Amended and Restated Bylaws.
  4.1       Indenture dated January  1, 1992 between the Company  and
            Citibank N.A., as trustee. (11)
  4.2       Forms of Commercial Paper Master Note Certificates. (14)
  4.3       First Supplement  to Indenture, dated  February 26,  1997
            between the Company and Citibank N.A., as trustee. (23)
  4.4       Officer's Certificate  pursuant to Sections  2.1 and  2.3
            of the Indenture, as supplemented, establishing a  series
            of  securities "8-1/8%  Debentures  due April  1,  2097."
            (25)
  4.5       8-1/8% Debentures due April 1, 2097. (25)
  4.6       Form  of stock  certificate  for the  common  stock,  par
            value $.0001 of the Company. (26)
 10.1       Company's  Amended  and Restated  1991  Equity  Incentive
            Plan. (24)
 10.2       Company's Amended  and Restated 1984  Stock Option  Plan.
            (21)
 10.3       Shareholder's Agreement  of Kirin-Amgen, Inc., dated  May
            11, 1984, between the Company and Kirin Brewery  Company,
            Limited  (with certain  confidential information  deleted
            therefrom). (1)
 10.4       Amendment Nos.  1, 2, and 3,  dated March 19, 1985,  July
            29,  1985 and  December 19,  1985, respectively,  to  the
            Shareholder's Agreement  of Kirin-Amgen, Inc., dated  May
            11, 1984  (with certain confidential information  deleted
            therefrom). (3)
 10.5       Product License Agreement, dated September 30, 1985,  and
            Technology License  Agreement, dated, September 30,  1985
            between the Company and Ortho Pharmaceutical  Corporation
            (with    certain   confidential    information    deleted
            therefrom). (2)
 10.6       Product License Agreement, dated September 30, 1985,  and
            Technology License  Agreement, dated  September 30,  1985
            between  Kirin-Amgen,   Inc.  and  Ortho   Pharmaceutical
            Corporation   (with  certain   confidential   information
            deleted therefrom). (3)
 10.7       Company's Amended  and Restated  Employee Stock  Purchase
            Plan. (21)
 10.8       Research, Development  Technology Disclosure and  License
            Agreement PPO,  dated January  20, 1986,  by and  between
            the Company and Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. (4)
 10.9       Amendment  Nos.   4  and  5,   dated  October  16,   1986
            (effective July 1, 1986) and December 6, 1986  (effective
            July  1,   1986),  respectively,   to  the   Shareholders
            Agreement of Kirin-Amgen,  Inc. dated May 11, 1984  (with
            certain confidential information deleted therefrom). (5)
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 10.10      Assignment  and  License  Agreement,  dated  October  16,
            1986,  between the  Company and  Kirin-Amgen, Inc.  (with
            certain confidential information deleted therefrom). (5)
 10.11      G-CSF  European  License Agreement,  dated  December  30,
            1986,  between Kirin-Amgen,  Inc. and  the Company  (with
            certain confidential information deleted therefrom). (5)
 10.12      Research  and   Development  Technology  Disclosure   and
            License Agreement: GM-CSF, dated March 31, 1987,  between
            Kirin  Brewery Company,  Limited  and the  Company  (with
            certain confidential information deleted therefrom). (5)
 10.13      Company's  Amended  and Restated  1987  Directors'  Stock
            Option Plan. (24)
 10.14      Company's Amended  and Restated 1988  Stock Option  Plan.
            (21)
 10.15      Company's  Amended and  Restated Retirement  and  Savings
            Plan. (21)
 10.16      Amendment,   dated   June   30,   1988,   to    Research,
            Development,    Technology   Disclosure    and    License
            Agreement:  GM-CSF dated  March 31, 1987,  between  Kirin
            Brewery Company, Limited and the Company. (6)
 10.17      Agreement on G-CSF  in the EU, dated September 26,  1988,
            between  Amgen  Inc.  and  F.  Hoffmann-La  Roche  &  Co.
            Limited  Company (with  certain confidential  information
            deleted therefrom). (8)
 10.18      Supplementary  Agreement to  Agreement dated  January  4,
            1989 to  Agreement on G-CSF  in the  EU, dated  September
            26, 1988, between the Company and F. Hoffmann-La Roche  &
            Co.   Limited   Company,   (with   certain   confidential
            information deleted therefrom). (8)
 10.19      Agreement on G-CSF  in Certain European Countries,  dated
            January 1,  1989, between Amgen  Inc. and F.  Hoffmann-La
            Roche &  Co. Limited Company  (with certain  confidential
            information deleted therefrom). (8)
 10.20      Rights Agreement, dated  January 24, 1989, between  Amgen
            Inc.  and  American Stock  Transfer  and  Trust  Company,
            Rights Agent. (7)
 10.21      First Amendment  to Rights Agreement,  dated January  22,
            1991, between Amgen Inc. and American Stock Transfer  and
            Trust Company, Rights Agent. (9)
 10.22      Second  Amendment to  Rights  Agreement, dated  April  2,
            1991, between Amgen Inc. and American Stock Transfer  and
            Trust Company, Rights Agent. (10)
 10.23      Agency Agreement, dated November 21, 1991, between  Amgen
            Manufacturing,  Inc.  and  Citicorp  Financial   Services
            Corporation. (12)
 10.24      Agency  Agreement,  dated May  21,  1992,  between  Amgen
            Manufacturing,  Inc.  and  Citicorp  Financial   Services
            Corporation. (12)
 10.25      Guaranty, dated  July 29, 1992, by  the Company in  favor
            of Merck Sharp & Dohme Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc. (13)
 10.26      936  Promissory Note  No. 01,  dated December  11,  1991,
            issued by Amgen Manufacturing, Inc. (12)
 10.27      936  Promissory Note  No. 02,  dated December  11,  1991,
            issued by Amgen Manufacturing, Inc. (12)
 10.28      936 Promissory Note No. 001, dated July 29, 1992,  issued
            by Amgen Manufacturing, Inc. (12)
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 10.29      936 Promissory Note No. 002, dated July 29, 1992,  issued
            by Amgen Manufacturing, Inc. (12)
 10.30      Guaranty,  dated November  21, 1991,  by the  Company  in
            favor of Citicorp Financial Services Corporation. (12)
 10.31      Partnership  Purchase Agreement,  dated March  12,  1993,
            between  the  Company,  Amgen  Clinical  Partners,  L.P.,
            Amgen  Development  Corporation,  the  Class  A   limited
            partners and the Class B limited partner. (13)
 10.32      Amgen Supplemental  Retirement Plan dated  June 1,  1993.
            (15)
 10.33      Promissory Note  of Mr. Kevin  W. Sharer,  dated June  4,
            1993. (15)
 10.34      Promissory Note of  Mr. Larry A. May, dated February  24,
            1993. (16)
 10.35      Amgen Performance Based Management Incentive Plan. (24)
 10.36      Agreement and  Plan of Merger, dated  as of November  17,
            1994,  among Amgen  Inc., Amgen  Acquisition  Subsidiary,
            Inc. and Synergen, Inc. (17)
 10.37      Third  Amendment  to   Rights  Agreement,  dated  as   of
            February 21, 1995, between Amgen Inc. and American  Stock
            Transfer Trust and Trust Company (18)
 10.38      Credit Agreement, dated as of June 23, 1995, among  Amgen
            Inc.,  the  Borrowing  Subsidiaries  named  therein,  the
            Banks named therein, Swiss Bank Corporation and ABN  AMRO
            Bank N.V., as Issuing Banks, and Swiss Bank  Corporation,
            as Administrative Agent. (19)
 10.39      Promissory  Note  of   Mr.  George  A.  Vandeman,   dated
            December 15, 1995. (20)
 10.40      Promissory  Note  of   Mr.  George  A.  Vandeman,   dated
            December 15, 1995. (20)
 10.41      Promissory  Note of  Mr.  Stan Benson,  dated  March  19,
            1996. (20)
 10.42      Amendment No.  1 to  the Company's  Amended and  Restated
            Retirement and Savings Plan. (21)
 10.43      Amendment Number 5 to the Company's Amended and  Restated
            Retirement and Savings Plan dated January 1, 1993. (24)
 10.44      Amendment Number 2 to the Company's Amended and  Restated
            Retirement and Savings Plan dated April 1, 1996. (24)
 10.45      First  Amendment  to   Credit  Agreement,  dated  as   of
            December 12,  1996,  among  Amgen  Inc.,  the   Borrowing
            Subsidiaries named  therein, and  Swiss Bank  Corporation
            as Administrative Agent. (24)
 10.46      Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated February  18,
            1997 between Amgen  Inc. and American Stock Transfer  and
            Trust Company, Rights Agent. (22)
 10.47      Preferred  Share  Rights Agreement,  dated  February  18,
            1997, between Amgen Inc. and American Stock Transfer  and
            Trust Company, Rights Agent. (22)
 10.48      Consulting Agreement,  dated November  15, 1996,  between
            the Company and Daniel Vapnek. (24)
 10.49      Agreement, dated  May 30, 1995,  between the Company  and
            George A. Vandeman. (24)
*10.50      First  Amendment,  effective  January  1,  1998,  to  the
            Company's Amended  and Restated  Employee Stock  Purchase
            Plan.
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*10.51      Third  Amendment,  effective  January  1,  1997,  to  the
            Company's  Amended and  Restated Retirement  and  Savings
            Plan dated April 1, 1996.
*10.52      Heads  of Agreement  dated April  10, 1997,  between  the
            Company and  Kirin Amgen, Inc., on  the one hand, and  F.
            Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.,  on the other hand (with  certain
            confidential information deleted therefrom).
*11         Computation of per share earnings.
*27         Financial Data Schedule.
*99         Sections  appearing   under  the  heading   "Management's
            Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition   and
            Results  of  Operations-Factors That  May  Affect  Future
            Results" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K  for
            the year ended December 31, 1996.
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* Filed herewith.

(1)  Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended  March 31,  1984 on  June 26,  1984 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(2)  Filed as an  exhibit to Quarterly  Report on Form  10-Q for  the
     quarter ended  September  30,  1985 on  November  14,  1985  and
     incorporated herein by reference.
(3)  Filed as an  exhibit to Quarterly  Report on Form  10-Q for  the
     quarter  ended  December  31,  1985  on  February  3,  1986  and
     incorporated herein by reference.
(4)  Filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1  Registration
     Statement (Registration  No.  33-3069)  on March  11,  1986  and
     incorporated herein by reference.
(5)  Filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-K Annual Report for the  year
     ended March 31, 1987 on May 18, 1987 and incorporated herein  by
     reference.
(6)  Filed as an exhibit to Form  8 amending the Quarterly Report  on
     Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1988 on August 25, 1988
     and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)  Filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K Current Report dated January
     24, 1989 and incorporated herein by reference.
(8)  Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended  March 31,  1989 on  June 28,  1989 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(9)  Filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K Current Report dated January
     22, 1991 and incorporated herein by reference.
(10) Filed as an exhibit to the  Form 8-K Current Report dated  April
     12, 1991 and incorporated herein by reference.
(11) Filed as an  exhibit to  Form S-3  Registration Statement  dated
     December 19, 1991 and incorporated herein by reference.
(12) Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended December 31, 1992 on March 30, 1993 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(13) Filed as an  exhibit to the  Form 8-A dated  March 31, 1993  and
     incorporated herein by reference.
(14) Filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
     31, 1993 on May 17, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference.
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(15) Filed as  an exhibit  to the  Form 10-Q  for the  quarter  ended
     September 30, 1993 on November 12, 1993 and incorporated  herein
     by reference.
(16) Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended December 31, 1993 on March 25, 1994 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(17) Filed as  an  exhibit  to the  Form  8-K  Current  Report  dated
     November 18, 1994 on December 2, 1994 and incorporated herein by
     reference.
(18) Filed as  an  exhibit  to the  Form  8-K  Current  Report  dated
     February 21, 1995 on  March 7, 1995  and incorporated herein  by
     reference.
(19) Filed as  an exhibit  to the  Form 10-Q  for the  quarter  ended
     June 30, 1995  on August  11, 1995  and incorporated  herein  by
     reference.
(20) Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended December 31, 1995 on March 29, 1996 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(21) Filed as  an exhibit  to the  Form 10-Q  for the  quarter  ended
     September 30, 1996 on November  5, 1996 and incorporated  herein
     by reference.
(22) Filed as  an  exhibit  to the  Form  8-K  Current  Report  dated
     February 18, 1997 on February  28, 1997 and incorporated  herein
     by reference.
(23) Filed as an exhibit to the  Form 8-K Current Report dated  March
     14, 1997 on March 14, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference.
(24) Filed as an exhibit  to the Annual Report  on Form 10-K for  the
     year ended December 31, 1996 on March 24, 1997 and  incorporated
     herein by reference.
(25) Filed as an exhibit to the  Form 8-K Current Report dated  April
     8, 1997 on April 8, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference.
(26) Filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
     31, 1997 on May 13, 1997.
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                             EXHIBIT 3.2

                     AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

                                 OF

                             AMGEN INC.

                  (AS AMENDED THROUGH MAY 8, 1997)


                                INDEX


                                                            Page

ARTICLE I      Offices                                      1

     Section 1.  Registered Office                          1

     Section 2.  Other Offices                              1

ARTICLE II          Corporate Seal                          1

     Section 3.  Corporate Seal                             1

ARTICLE III    Stockholders' Meetings                       1

     Section 4.  Place of Meetings                          1

     Section 5.  Annual Meeting                             1

     Section 6.  Special Meetings                           1

     Section 7.  Notice of Meetings                         2

     Section 8.  Quorum                                     2

     Section 9.  Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned
                 Meetings                                   2

     Section 10. Voting Rights                              3

     Section 11. Joint Owners of Stock                      3

     Section 12. List of Stockholders                       3

     Section 13. No Action Without Meeting                  4

     Section 14. Organization                               4

     Section 15. Notifications of Nominations and
                Proposed Business                           4

ARTICLE IV     Directors                                    5



     Section 16. Number                                     5

     Section 17. Classes of Directors                       5

     Section 18. Newly Created Directorships and
                 Vacancies                                  5

     Section 19. Powers                                     6

     Section 20. Resignation                                6

     Section 21. Removal                                    6

     Section 22. Meetings                                   6

          (a)  Annual Meetings                              6

          (b)  Regular Meetings                             6

          (c)  Special Meetings                             7

          (d)  Telephone Meetings                           7

          (e)  Notice of Meetings                           7

          (f)  Waiver of Notice                             7

     Section 23. Quorum and Voting                          7

          (a)  Quorum                                       7

          (b)  Majority Vote                                7

     Section 24. Action without Meeting                     8

     Section 25. Fees and Compensation                      8

     Section 26. Committees                                 8

          (a)  Executive Committee                          8

          (b)  Other Committees                             8

          (c)  Term                                         9

          (d)  Meetings                                     9


     Section 27. Organization                               9

ARTICLE V      Officers                                     10

     Section 28. Officers Designated                        10

     Section 29. Tenure and Duties of Officers              10


          (a)  General                                      10

          (b)  Duties of Chairman of the Board              10

          (c)  Duties of Chief Executive Officer            10

          (d)  Duties of President and Chief Operating
               Officer                                      11

          (e)  Duties of Vice Presidents                    11

          (f)  Duties of Chief Financial Officer            11

          (g)  Duties of Secretary                          11

     Section 30. Resignations                               12

     Section 31. Removal                                    12

     Section 32. Compensation                               12

ARTICLE VI     Execution of Corporate Instruments and
               Voting of Securities Owned by the
               Corporation                                  12

     Section 33. Execution of Corporate Instruments         12

     Section 34. Voting of Securities Owned by the
                 Corporation                                13

ARTICLE VII     Shares of Stock                             13

     Section 35. Form and Execution of
                 Certificates                               13

     Section 36. Lost Certificates                          13

     Section 37. Transfers                                  14

     Section 38. Fixing Record Dates                        14

     Section 39. Registered Stockholders                    14

     Section 40. Issuance, Transfer and Resignation of
                 Shares                                     14

ARTICLE VIII   Other Securities of the Corporation          15

     Section 41. Execution of Other Securities              15

ARTICLE IX     Dividends                                    15

     Section 42. Declaration of Dividends                   15

     Section 43. Dividend Reserve                           15



ARTICLE X       Fiscal Year                                 16

     Section 44. Fiscal Year                                16

ARTICLE XI     Indemnification of Directors, Officers,
               Employees and Other Agents                   16

     Section 45.  Indemnification of Directors,Officers,
                  Employees and Other Agents                16

          (a)  Directors and Officers                       16

          (b)  Other Employees and Other Agents             16

          (c)  Expenses                                     16

          (d)  Enforcement                                  17

          (e)  Non-Exclusivity of Rights                    18

          (f)  Survival of Rights                           18

          (g)  Insurance                                    18

          (h)  Amendments                                   18

          (i)  Savings Clause                               18

          (j)  Certain Definitions                          18

ARTICLE XII    Notices                                      19

     Section 46. Notices                                    20

          (a)  Notice to Stockholders                       20

          (b)  Notice to Directors                          20

          (c)  Address Unknown                              20

          (d)  Affidavit of Mailing                         20

          (e)  Time Notices Deemed Given                    20

          (f)  Methods of Notice                            20

          (g)  Failure to Receive Notice                    20

          (h)  Notice to Person with Whom
               Communication Is Unlawful                    20

ARTICLE XIII   Amendments                                   21

     Section 47. Amendments                                 21

ARTICLE XIV    Loans of Officers and Others                 21


     Section 48. Certain Corporate Loans and
            Guaranties                                      21


                              ARTICLE I

                               Offices

     Section 1.     Registered Office.  The registered office of the
corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Dover,
County of Kent.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 131)

     Section 2.     Other Offices.  The corporation also shall have
and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place
as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and also may have offices
at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware
as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the corporation may require.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,
Section 122(8))

                             ARTICLE II

                           Corporate Seal

     Section 3.     Corporate Seal.  The corporate seal shall consist
of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription,
"Corporate Seal-Delaware."  Said seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or
otherwise.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 122(3))

                             ARTICLE III

                       Stockholders' Meetings

     Section 4.     Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the stockholders
of the corporation shall be held at such place, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time
by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at the
office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to
Section 2 hereof.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section211(a))

     Section 5.     Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the corporation shall be held on any date and time
which may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
At such annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other
business may be transacted that may properly come before the meeting.
(Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 211(b))

     Section 6.     Special Meetings. Special meetings of the
stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or
purposes, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors ("Chairman of the
Board"), the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Board of
Directors at any time.  Upon written request of any stockholder or
stockholders holding in the aggregate 20% or more of the voting power
of all stockholders delivered in person or sent by registered mail to
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or Secretary, the
Secretary shall call a special meeting of stockholders to be held at
the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to
Section 2 hereof, or at such other place as may be designated by the
Secretary, at such time as the Secretary may fix, such meeting to be

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held not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days after the
receipt of such request, and if the Secretary shall neglect or refuse
to call such meeting, within seven (7) days after the receipt of such
request, the stockholder making such request may do so.  (Del. Code
Ann., tit. 8, Section 211(d))

     Section 7.     Notice of Meetings.  Except as otherwise provided
by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each
meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify
the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting.
Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders
may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice
thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by
any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy,
except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose
of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of
any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by
the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice
thereof had been given.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 222, 229)

     Section 8.     Quorum.  At all meetings of stockholders, except
where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by
proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Any shares, the voting of
which at said meeting has been enjoined, or which for any reason
cannot be lawfully voted at such meeting, shall not be counted to
determine a quorum at such meeting.  In the absence of a quorum any
meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, by vote
of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but
no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The
stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a
quorum is present, may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to
leave less than a quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the
holders of a majority of the voting power represented at any meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the
corporation.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 216)

     Section 9.     Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings.
Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be
adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares,
the holders of which are present either in person or by proxy.  When
a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be
given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the
adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which
might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of

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record entitled to vote at the meeting.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,
Section 222(c))

     Section 10.    Voting Rights.  For the purpose of determining
those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the
stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in
whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on
the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be
entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person
entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so
either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written
proxy executed by such person or his duly authorized agent, which
proxy shall be filed with the Secretary at or before the meeting at
which it is to be used.  An agent so appointed need not be a
stockholder.  No proxy shall be voted on after three (3) years from
its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
All elections of Directors shall be by written ballot, unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.  (Del. Code
Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 211(e), 212(b))

     Section 11.    Joint Owners of Stock.  If shares or other
securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two
(2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership,
joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or
otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary
relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is
given written notice to the contrary and is furnishedwith a copy of
the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship
wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall
have the following effect:  (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds
all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so
voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is
evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the
securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware
Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the General Corporation
Law of Delaware, Section 217(b).  If the instrument filed with the
Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a
majority or even-split for the purpose of this subsection (c) shall
be a majority or even-split in interest.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,
Section 217(b))

     Section 12.    List of Stockholders.  The Secretary shall
prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of
each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of
each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting,
or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 219(a))

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     Section 13.    No Action Without Meeting.  Any action required
or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation must
be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such
holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such
holders.

     Section 14.    Organization.  At every meeting of stockholders,
the Chairman of the Board, or, if the Chairman of the Board is
absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive
Officer is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, the
most senior Vice President present, or in the absence of any such
officer, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest
of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy,
shall act as chairman.  The Secretary, or, in his absence, an
Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the Chief Executive Officer,
shall act as secretary of the meeting.

     Section 15.    Notifications of Nominations and Proposed
Business.   Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series
of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or
upon liquidation,

          (x)  nominations for the election of directors, and

          (y)  business proposed to be brought before any stockholder
meeting, may be made by the Board of Directors or a proxy committee
appointed by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to
vote in the election of directors generally. However, any such
stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election as
directors at a meeting or propose business to be brought before a
meeting, or both, only if such stockholder has given timely notice in
proper written form of his intent to make such nomination or
nominations or to propose such business.  To be timely, a
stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by
the Secretary of the corporation not later than 90 days prior to such
meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 100
days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is
given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely
must be received not later than the close of business on the 10th day
following the date on which such notice of the date of such meeting
was mailed or such public disclosure was made.  To be in proper
written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set
forth:

     (a)  the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make
the nominations or propose the business and, as the case may be, of
the person or persons to be nominated or of the business to be
proposed;

     (b)  a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record
of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and, if
applicable, intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to
nominate the person or persons specified in the notice;

     (c)  if applicable, a description of all arrangements or
understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other

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person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which
the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder;

     (d)  such other information regarding each nominee or each
matter of business to be proposed by such stockholder as would be
required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the
proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee
been nominated, or intended to be nominated, or the matter been
proposed, or intended to be proposed by the Board of Directors; and

     (e)  if applicable, the consent of each nominee to serve as
director of the corporation if so elected.

The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination
of any person or the proposal of any business not made in compliance
with the foregoing procedure.

                             ARTICLE IV

                              Directors

     Section 16.    Number.  The authorized number of directors of
the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.  The number of directors presently authorized is eight.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the
Certificate of Incorporation.  If for any cause the directors shall
not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as
soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these
Bylaws.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 141(b), 211(b), (c))

     Section 17.    Classes of Directors.  The Board of Directors
shall be divided into three classes:  Class I, Class II and Class
III, which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Each
director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third
annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting at which
the director was elected.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this section, each director shall serve until his successor is
duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or
removal.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section141(d))

     Section 18.     Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies.  In
the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of
directors, the newly created or eliminated directorships resulting
from such increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of
Directors among the three classes of directors so as to maintain such
classes as nearly equal in number as possible.  No decrease in the
number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten
the term of any incumbent director.  Newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any
vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then
in office (and not by stockholders), even though less than a quorum
of the authorized Board of Directors.  Any director elected in
accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the

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remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new
directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such
director's successors shall have been elected and qualified.

     Section 19.    Powers.  The powers of the corporation shall be
exercised, its business conducted and its property controlledby the
Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or
by the Certificate of Incorporation  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
141(a))

     Section 20.    Resignation.  Any director may resign at any time
by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such
resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular
time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors.  If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed
effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  When one or
more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at
a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including
those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or
vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or
resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen
shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the
director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall
have been duly elected and qualified.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs.
141(b), 223(d))

     Section 21.    Removal.  At a special meeting of stockholders
called for the purpose in the manner hereinabove provided, the Board
of Directors, or any individual director, may be removed from office,
(a) with cause, and one or more new directors may be elected, by a
vote of stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares
entitled to vote at an election of Directors or (b), without cause,
by a vote of stockholders holding at least 66.67% of the outstanding
shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.  (Del. Code
Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(k))

     Section 22.    Meetings.

          (a)  Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held on the date of the annual meeting of
stockholders and at the place where such meeting is held. No notice
of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and
such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and
transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it.

          (b)  Regular Meetings.  Except as hereinafter otherwise
provided, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held in
the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to
Section 2 hereof.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors also may be
held at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has
been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or the
written consent of all Directors.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
141(g))

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          (c)  Special Meetings.  Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the
State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the
Directors.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(g))

          (d)  Telephone Meetings.  Any member of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.  (Del. Code Ann., tit.
8, Section 141(i))

          (e)  Notice of Meetings.  Written notice of the time and
place of all regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be given at least one (1) day before the date of the meeting.
Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or
after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance
thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 229)

          (f)  Waiver of Notice.  The transaction of all business at
any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof,
however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as
though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if
a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each
of the Directors not present sign a written waiver of notice, or a
consent to holding such meeting, or an approval of the minutes
thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with
the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
(Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 229)

     Section 23.    Quorum and Voting.

          (a)  Quorum.  Unless the Certificate of Incorporation
requires a greater number, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall
consist of a majority of the exact number of Directors fixed from
time to time in accordance with Section 16 of these Bylaws, but not
less than one (1); provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum
is present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular
meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by
announcement at the meeting.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
141(b))

          (b)  Majority Vote.  At each meeting of the Board of
Directors at which a quorum is present all questions and business
shall be determined by a vote of a majority of the Directors present,
unless a different vote is required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
141(b))

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     Section 24.    Action without Meeting.  Unless otherwise
restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board
of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as
the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(f))

     Section 25.    Fees and Compensation.  Directors shall not
receive any stated salary for their services as Directors, but by
resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed fee, with or without
expense of attendance, may be allowed for serving on the Board of
Directors and/or attendance at each meeting and at each meeting of
any committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, consultant,
employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.  (Del.
Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(h))

     Section 26.    Committees.

          (a)  Executive Committee.  The Board of Directors may by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors,
appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members
of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent
permitted by law and specifically granted by the Board of Directors,
shall have and may exercise when the Board of Directors is not in
session all powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the corporation, including, without
limitation, the power and authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock, except such committee shall not have
the power or authority to amend the Certificate of Incorporation
(except that the committee may, to the extent authorized in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of
stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided by law, fix any
of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends,
redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the
corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares
for shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the
same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation), to
adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation, to recommend to the
stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all
of the corporation's property and assets, to recommend to the
stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution or to amend these Bylaws.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,
Section 141(c))

          (b)  Other Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, from
time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by
law.  Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall
consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors, and
shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed
by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no

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event shall such committee have the powers denied to the Executive
Committee in these Bylaws.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 141(c))

          (c)  Term.  Each member of a committee of the Board of
Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such
member's term on the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors,
subject to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Section
26, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a
committee or terminate the existence of a committee.  The membership
of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or
voluntary resignation.  The Board of Directors may at any time for
any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of
Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death,
resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the
committee.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more
Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any
absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and,
in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a
committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and
not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of
Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or
disqualified member.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section141(c))

          (d)  Meetings.  Unless the Board of Directors shall
otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any
other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 26 shall be held
at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors,
or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to
each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular
meetings need be given thereafter.  Special meetings of any such
committee may be held at the principal office of the corporation
required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof, or at any
place which has been designated from time to time by resolution of
such committee or by written consent of all members thereof, and may
be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon
written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place
of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving
of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time
and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors.  Notice of
any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any
time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director
by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special
meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the
meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened.  A majority of the authorized number
of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present
at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such
committee.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 141(c), 229)

     Section 27.    Organization.  At every meeting of the directors,
the Chairman of the Board, or, if the Chairman of the Board is
absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or if the Chief Executive
Officer is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the
most senior Vice President, or, in the absence of any such officer, a

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chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors
present, shall preside over the meeting.  The Secretary, or in his
absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the Chief
Executive Officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

                              ARTICLE V

                              Officers

     Section 28.    Officers Designated. The officers of the
corporation shall be the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer, one or more Vice
Presidents, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary, all of
whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors.  The Board of Directors also may appoint such other
officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem
necessary. The order of the seniority of the Vice Presidents shall be
in the order of their nomination, unless otherwise determined by the
Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may assign such
additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem
appropriate.  Any one person may hold any number of offices of the
corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom
by law.  The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the
corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the
Board of Directors.

     Section 29.    Tenure and Duties of Officers.

          (a)  General.  All officers shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall
have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed
at any time by the Board of Directors.  If the office of any officer
becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board
of Directors.

          (b)  Duties of Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the
Board, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall
perform such duties and functions as are necessary to further the
strategic direction of the corporation.  Unless the Board of
Directors designates another person, the Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors
and of the Executive Committee.

          (c)  Duties of Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief
Executive Officer, at the request of the Chairman of the Board or
upon his absence or disability, or in the event of a vacancy in the
office of Chairman of the Board, shall exercise all the powers of
Chairman of the Board as provided in Subsection 29(b).  The Chief
Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, exercise general management and supervision over the
property, affairs and business of the corporation and shall authorize
officers of the corporation, other than the Chairman of the Board, to
exercise such powers as he, in his discretion, may deem to be in the
best interests of the corporation.  The Chief Executive Officer shall
in general perform all duties incident to general management and

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supervision of the corporation and such other duties as the Board of
Directors shall designate from time to time.

          (d)  Duties of President and Chief Operating Officer.  The
President and Chief Operating Officer, at the request of the Chief
Executive Officer or upon his absence or disability, or in the event
of a vacancy in the office of Chief Executive Officer, shall exercise
all the powers of Chief Executive Officer as provided in Subsection
29(c).  The President and Chief Operating Officer shall, subject to
the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of
Directors, exercise general management and supervision over the
operating functions of the corporation, and shall authorize officers
of the corporation, other than the Chairman of the Board and the
Chief Executive Officer, to exercise such powers with respect to the
operating function of the corporation as he, in his discretion, may
deem to be in the best interests of the corporation.  The President
and Chief Operating Officer shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time
to time.

          (e)  Duties of Vice Presidents.  The Vice Presidents, in
the order of their seniority, may assume and perform the duties of
the President and Chief Operating Officer in the absence or
disability of the Chief Executive Officer and the President and Chief
Operating Officer or whenever the offices of Chief Operating Officer
and President and Chief Operating Officer are vacant.  The Vice
Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their
office and also shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the
President and Chief Operating Officer shall designate from time to
time.

          (f)  Duties of Chief Financial Officer.  The Chief
Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account
of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner, and shall render
statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form
and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer.  The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order
of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and
securities of the corporation.  The Chief Financial Officer shall
perform other duties commonly incident to his office and also shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to
time.  The Chief Executive Officer may direct any Assistant Chief
Financial Officer to assume and perform the duties of the Chief
Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial
Officer, and each Assistant Chief Financial Officer shall perform
other duties commonly incident to his office and also shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to
time.

          (g)  Duties of Secretary.  The Secretary shall attend all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall
record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute books of the
corporation.  The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with

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these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders, and of all meetings
of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice.
The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in these
Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and also
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.  The Chief
Executive Officer may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and
perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of
the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other
duties commonly incident to his office and also shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or
the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.

     Section 30.    Resignations.  Any officer may resign at any time
by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chief
Executive Officer or to the President or to the Secretary.  Any such
resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons
to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified
therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at
such later time.  Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the
acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 142(b))

     Section 31.    Removal.  Any officer may be removed from office
at any time, with or without cause, by the vote or written consent of
a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by any
committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may
have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

     Section 32.    Compensation.  The compensation of the officers
shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and no
officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason
of the fact that such officer is also a director of the corporation.

                             ARTICLE VI

            Execution of Corporate Instruments and Voting
               of Securities Owned by the Corporation

     Section 33.    Execution of Corporate Instruments.  The Board of
Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate
the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to
execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or
document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name
without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the
corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws,
and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the
corporation.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 103(a), 142(a), 158)

               Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board
of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory notes, deeds of
trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the
corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring
the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the
corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of
the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or any

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Vice President, and by the Secretary or Treasurer or any Assistant
Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.  All other instruments and
documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring the
corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner
as may be directed by the Board of Directors.  (Del. Code Ann., tit.
8, Secs. 103(a), 142(a), 158)

               All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other
depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special
accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons
as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.  (Del. Code Ann.,
tit. 8, Secs. 103(a), 142(a), 158)

     Section 34.    Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation.
All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by
the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity,
shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be
executed, by the person authorized to do so by resolution of the
Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or
any Vice President.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 123)

                             ARTICLE VII

                           Shares of Stock

     Section 35.    Form and Execution of Certificates.  The shares
of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided
that the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or
series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such
resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate
until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation.
Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of
Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon
request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to
have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by,
the Chairman of the Board or any vice-chairman of the Board of
Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or any
Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation
representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.
Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In
case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with
the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section158)

     Section 36.    Lost Certificates.  The corporation may issue a
new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any
certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal
representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to

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indemnify it against any claim that may be made against the
corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of
any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or
uncertificated shares.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 167)

     Section 37.    Transfers.  Transfers of record of shares of
stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the
holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon
the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for
a like number of shares.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 6, Section 8-401(1))

     Section 38.    Fixing Record Dates.  In order that the
corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or
to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or
to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting,
or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution
or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the
purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix,
in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60)
nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more
than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.  If no record date is
fixed:  (a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice
is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the
day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (b) the
record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall
be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.  A determination of
stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting
of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
213)

     Section 39.    Registered Stockholders.  The corporation shall
be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered
on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote
as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or
other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any
other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice
thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.  (Del.
Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 213(a), 219)

     Section 40.    Issuance, Transfer and Resignation of Shares.
The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with law or with these Bylaws, as it may deem advisable
concerning the issuance, transfer and registration of certificates
for shares of the capital stock of the corporation.  The Board of
Directors may appoint a transfer agent or registrar of transfers, or
both, and may require all certificates for shares of the corporation
to bear the signature of either or both.

                            ARTICLE VIII

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                 Other Securities of the Corporation

     Section 41.    Execution of Other Securities.  All bonds,
debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other
than stock certificates, may be signed by the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, or
such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and
the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal
imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer;
provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other
corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature of
a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture
or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the
persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond,
debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile
of the signatures of such persons.  Interest coupons appertaining to
any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated
by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be
authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the
facsimile signature of such person.  In case any officer who shall
have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate
security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any
such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the
bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested
shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate
security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued
and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose
facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be
such officer of the corporation.

                             ARTICLE IX

                              Dividends

     Section 42.    Declaration of Dividends.  Dividends upon the
capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of
Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the
capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 170, 173)

     Section 43.    Dividend Reserve.  Before payment of any
dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation
available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors
may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors
shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the
Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section
171)

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                              ARTICLE X

                             Fiscal Year

     Section 44.    Fiscal Year.  Unless otherwise fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors, effective as of January 1,
1992, the fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the 31st day of
the month of December in each calendar year.

                             ARTICLE XI

               Indemnification of Directors, Officers
                     Employees and Other Agents

     Section 45.     Indemnification of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Other Agents.

          (a)  Directors and Officers.  The corporation shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to
the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide
broader indemnification rights than said Law permitted the
corporation to provide prior to such amendment); provided, further,
that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director
or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person or any proceeding by such person against the
corporation or its directors, officers, employees or other agents
unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by
law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of
the corporation or (iii) such indemnification is provided by the
corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in
the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)
such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d) of
this Article XI.

          (b)  Other Employees and Other Agents.  The corporation
shall have the power to indemnify its other employees and other
agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

          (c)  Expenses.  The corporation shall advance to any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or
officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of any such
proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses
incurred by any director or officer in connection with such
proceeding upon receipt of any undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately
that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw
or otherwise.

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          Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined
pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by
the corporation to an officer of the corporation in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigate, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (1)
by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (2) if such
quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion that, the facts known to the decision-making party at
the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and
convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that
such person did not reasonably believe to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, such person believed or had reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful, except by reason of the fact that
such officer is or was a director of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director of another
corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which event
this paragraph shall not apply.

          (d)  Enforcement.  Without the necessity of entering into
an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances under
this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective
to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the
corporation and the director or officer who serves in such capacity
at any time while this Bylaw and other relevant provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law and other applicable law, if any,
are in effect.  Any right to indemnification or advances granted by
this Bylaw to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on
behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent
jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is
denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is
made within ninety (90) days of request therefor.  The claimant in
such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim.  In
connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall
be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the
corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed.  In
connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
officer is or was a director of the corporation or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise)
for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as
to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person
acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not reasonably
believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
such person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful.  Neither the failure of the corporation (including its
Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to
have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action

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that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by
the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or
create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.  In any suit brought by a director or officer to
enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses
hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under
this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.

          (e)  Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights conferred on
any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right
which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute,
provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as
to action in his official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding office.  The corporation is specifically
authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its
directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification
and advances, as provided by law.

          (f)  Survival of Rights.  The rights conferred on any
person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to
be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person.

          (g)  Insurance.  To the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporation, upon approval by
the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any
person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this
Bylaw.

          (h)  Amendments.  Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw
shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this
Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action
or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any
agent of the corporation.

          (i)  Savings Clause.  If this Bylaw or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent
jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each
director and officer to the full extent permitted by any applicable
portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any
other applicable law.

          (j)  Certain Definitions.  For the purposes of this Bylaw,
the following definitions shall apply:

               (i)  The term "proceeding" shall be broadly construed
          and shall include, without limitation, the investigation,
          preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration
          and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any

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          threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
          proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
          investigative.

               (ii) The term "expenses" shall be broadly construed
          and shall include, without limitation, court costs,
          attorneys' fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in
          settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of
          any nature or kind incurred in connection with any
          proceeding.

               (iii)     The term the "corporation" shall include, in
          addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
          corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
          absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its
          separate existence had continued, would have had power and
          authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and
          employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
          director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
          corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
          constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or
          agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
          trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
          under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the
          resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with
          respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
          existence had continued.

               (iv) References to a "director," "officer,"
          "employee," or "agent" of the corporation shall include,
          without limitation, situations where such person is serving
          at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a
          director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another
          corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
          enterprise.

               (v)  References to "other enterprises" shall include
          employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include
          any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any
          employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
          request of the corporation" shall include any service as a
          director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
          which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
          director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an
          employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries;
          and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
          reasonably believed to be in the interest of the
          participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan
          shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to
          the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in
          this Bylaw.

                             ARTICLE XII

                               Notices

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     Section 46.    Notices.

          (a)  Notice to Stockholders.  Whenever under any provisions
of these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it
shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post
office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its
transfer agent.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 222)

          (b)  Notice to Directors.  Any notice required to be given
to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a),
or by telegram, except that such notice other than one which is
delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director
shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of
such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.

          (c)  Address Unknown.  If no address of a stockholder or
director be known, notice may be sent to the office of the
corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

          (d)  Affidavit of Mailing.  An affidavit of mailing,
executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the
corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class
of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and
addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or
directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and
the time and method of giving the same, shall be conclusive evidence
of the statements therein contained.  (Del. Code Ann., tit. 8,
Section 222)

          (e)  Time Notices Deemed Given.  All notices given by mail,
as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time
of mailing and all notices given by telegram shall be deemed to have
been given as at the sending time recorded by the telegraph company
transmitting the notices.

          (f)  Methods of Notice.  It shall not be necessary that the
same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors,
but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or
more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in
respect of any other or others.

          (g)  Failure to Receive Notice.  The period or limitation
of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or
right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or
within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy
any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above
provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the
failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice.

          (h)  Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful.
Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law
or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation,
to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such
notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no
duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license

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or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting
which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with
whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect
as if such notice had been duly given.  In the event that the action
taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a
certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice
is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive
notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
(Del. Code Ann., tit. 8, Section 230)

                            ARTICLE XIII

                             Amendments

     Section 47.    Amendments.  These Bylaws may be repealed,
altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the stockholders.  The
Board of Directors also shall have the authority, if such authority
is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of
Incorporation, to repeal, alter or amend these Bylaws or adopt new
Bylaws (including, without limitation, the amendment of any Bylaw
setting forth the number of directors who shall constitute the whole
Board of Directors) subject to the power of the stockholders to
change or repeal such Bylaws and provided that the Board of Directors
shall not make or alter any Bylaws fixing the qualifications,
classifications, term of office or compensation of directors.  (Del.
Code Ann., tit. 8, Secs. 109(a), 122(6))

                             ARTICLE XIV

                    Loans of Officers and Others

     Section 48.    Certain Corporate Loans and Guaranties.  The
corporation may make loans of money or property to, or guarantee the
obligations of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee who
is a director of the corporation or its parent or any subsidiary, or
adopt an employee benefit plan or plans authorizing such loans or
guaranties, upon the approval of the Board of Directors alone if the
Board of Directors determines that such a loan or guaranty or plan
may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation.

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                             EXHIBIT 10.50

                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
                    AMGEN INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
                EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN AS AMENDED
                AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1998


       The Amgen Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
  Plan (effective October 22, 1996) (the "Plan") is hereby amended,
  effective as of January 1, 1998, in the following respects:

  1.   Section 7(a) of the Plan is amended and restated to read in
       its entirety as follows:

            7.   PARTICIPATION; WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION.
            (a)  An eligible employee may become a participant in an
  Offering by delivering a participation agreement to the Company
  within the time specified in the Offering, in such form as the
  Company provides.  Each such agreement shall authorize payroll
  deductions of up to the maximum percentage specified by the Board
  or the Committee of such employee's Earnings during the Purchase
  Period.  "Earnings" is defined as the total compensation paid to
  an employee, including all salary, wages (including amounts
  elected to be deferred by the employee, that would otherwise have
  been paid, under any cash or deferred arrangement established by
  the Company), overtime pay, commissions, bonuses, and other
  remuneration paid directly to the employee, but excluding profit
  sharing, the cost of employee benefits paid for by the Company,
  education or tuition reimbursements, imputed income arising under
  any Company group insurance or benefit program, traveling
  expenses, business and moving expense reimbursements, income
  received in connection with stock options, contributions made by
  the Company under any employee benefit plan, certain cost of
  living allowances and tax equalization payments made to employees
  whose payroll originates in the United States and who are working
  outside the United States, and similar items of compensation or
  such other inclusions or exclusions as the Board or Committee may
  determine for one or more specified Offerings.  The payroll
  deductions made for each participant shall be credited to an
  account for such participant under the Plan and shall be deposited
  with the general funds of the Company.  A participant may reduce
  (including to zero), increase or begin such payroll deductions
  after the beginning of any Purchase Period only as provided for in
  the Offering.  A participant may make additional payments into his
  or her account only if specifically provided for in the Offering
  and only if the participant has not had the maximum amount
  withheld during the Purchase Period.



  To record this First Amendment to the Plan as set forth herein,
  Amgen Inc. has caused its authorized officer to execute this
  document this 17th of June, 1997.




                                     AMGEN INC.



                              By:    /s/ George A. Vandeman
                                     George A. Vandeman

                              Title: Senior Vice President,
                                     General Counsel and
                                     Secretary








                            EXHIBIT 10.51

                       THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
                  AMGEN RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
           AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1996


     The Amgen Retirement and Savings Plan As Amended and Restated
Effective April 1, 1996 (the "Plan") is hereby amended, effective
January 1, 1997, as follows:


Section 2.32 of the Plan is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

2.32 "Hour of Service" means:

     (a)  Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly
          paid, or entitled to payment, by a member of the Affiliated
          Group for the performance of services,

     (b)  Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly
          paid, or entitled to payment, by a member of the Affiliated
          Group on account of a period of time during which no
          services are performed (without regard to whether the
          employment relationship between the Employee and the member
          of the Affiliated Group has terminated) due to vacation,
          holiday, illness, incapacity, disability, layoff, jury
          duty, military duty or leave of absence with pay, and

     (c)  Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly
          paid, or entitled to payment of an amount as back pay
          (without regard to mitigation of damages) either awarded or
          agreed to by a member of the Affiliated Group.

          The foregoing notwithstanding:

          (1)  No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited to
               an Employee under Subsection (b) or (c) above on
               account of any single continuous period of time during
               which no services are performed.

          (2)  An hour for which an Employee is directly or
               indirectly paid or entitled to payment by a member of
               the Affiliated Group on account of a period during
               which no services are performed shall not constitute
               an Hour of Service hereunder if such payment is made
               or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose
               of complying with applicable workers' compensation,
               unemployment compensation or disability insurance
               laws.

          (3)  Hours of Service shall not be credited for payments
               that solely reimburse an Employee for medical or
               medically related expenses.



          (4)  The same Hour of Service shall not be credited to an
               Employee both under Subsection (a) or (b) and under
               Subsection (c).

          (5)  The computation period to which Hours of Service
               determined under Subsection (b) or (c) are to be
               credited shall be determined under applicable federal
               law and regulations, including, without limitation,
               Department of Labor Regulation Section 2530.200b-2(b),
               (c) and (d).

          The Company shall determine the number of Hours of Service,
          if any, to be credited to an Employee under the foregoing
          rules in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner and in
          accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations,
          including, without limitation, Department of Labor
          Regulation Section 2530.200b-2(b), (c) and (d) and Section
          2530.200b-3.  For purposes of the application of Department
          of Labor Regulation Section 2530.200b-3, an Employee who is
          compensated on a salaried basis or for whom hourly records
          are not maintained shall be credited with ninety-five (95)
          Hours of Service for each semi-monthly payroll period for
          which he or she would be required to be credited with at
          least one Hour of Service under the preceding provisions of
          this section.

To record this Third Amendment to the Plan as set forth herein, the
Company has caused its authorized officer to execute this document
this 16th day of June, 1997.


                                   AMGEN INC.



                              By:  /s/ George  A. Vandeman
                                   George A. Vandeman

                         Title:    Senior Vice President, 
                                   General Counsel and
                                   Secretary

                                  








                            EXHIBIT 10.52

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                         HEADS OF AGREEMENT

                               between

Amgen Inc......and
Kirin-Amgen, Inc......on the one hand

                                      and

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd......on the other hand.

Whereas:

Amgen and Roche have entered into various agreements on G-CSF in the
European Union ("AMRO Agreements") and other European countries
("ROE") and Kirin-Amgen and Roche have entered into such agreements
for the rest of the world ("ROW").

Roche entered into a license agreement with *********** on a
********** ********************* ("***** Product") on January 1, 1996
("*********** License").

Amgen and Roche have agreed to modify their present relationship as
follows:

1.     Certain Rights


1.1    *********** License    Concurrently herewith, Roche will
                              terminate or relinquish the ***********
                              License for
                              ***************************************
                              ********** and Roche shall cause its
                              affiliate company - La Roche Inc.,
                              Nutley, New Jersey USA to terminate or
                              relinquish the *********** license for
                              the United States as of the date
                              hereof, such that the rights to the
                              ***** Product in those territories will
                              revert to ***********.

1.2    License Grant          Roche will grant to and cause Hoffmann-
                              La Roche Inc. to grant to Amgen and
                              Kirin-Amgen
                              *********************************** for
                              the U.S., ******************** covering
                              all intellectual property, now owned or
                              hereafter developed or acquired by
                              Roche and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., which
                              relates to the

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                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *************************  Such
                              ************ shall be limited to:


                                   (*)*******************************
                              ***************************************
                              ****************************


                                   (**)******************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *

                              (***)**********************************


                                   (**)******************************
                              ***************************************
                              ****************


                                   (*)*******************************
                              ***************************************
                              ************


                                   (**)******************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *************

                              Such ************ other than G-CSF
                              (Neupogen) are referred to elsewhere
                              herein as "Second Generation Products."

                              Such license shall terminate upon the
                              date of termination of the AMRO
                              Agreements as extended herein;
                              provided, however, that if the AMRO
                              Agreements are terminated for "Good
                              Cause" (as defined therein) by Amgen,
                              such license will continue in effect
                              until the date specified in Section
                              2.1.

2.     Extension of AMRO

2.1    Extension of AMRO;     In consideration of the rights granted

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       Term                   and relinquished pursuant to Section 1,
                              above, and the other terms contained
                              herein, the AMRO Agreements between
                              Amgen and Roche will be extended and
                              modified, as set forth below.  The term
                              of the AMRO Agreements shall be
                              extended to December 31, 2010, or
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************** whichever is later.
                              If, however,
                              ***************************************
                              *, the term of the AMRO Agreement
                              ******* ******** until the
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *****************

2.2    AMRO Territory         All countries ************* and those
                              countries which
                              ******************************* of the
                              AMRO Agreements.

2.3    Profit Split           The profit split *******************
                              shall be:

                                                  Amgen/Roche
                                   ****              *****
                                   ****              *****
                                   ****              *****
                                   **** and beyond   *****

2.4    **************         Effective upon the date of this Heads
                              of Agreement, ************** shall
                              include
                              ***************************************
                              ******* required to be paid
                              ***************************************
                              *********************************  The
                              ************* payable as of the date
                              hereof are set forth on Exhibit A
                              attached hereto.
                              ***************************************
                              ** shall be included in **************
                              than those related in Exhibit A
                              (***********************************).

2.5    Roche Sales Force
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************

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                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              **************



3.     Other Matters

3.1    Continuation of        Except as provided in Section 2.5,
       Other AMRO Changes     the process of shifting to Amgen
                              marketing, licensing/regulatory,
                              distribution, invoicing, etc. which is
                              currently underway for G-CSF (Neupogen)
                              shall continue as per the AMRO
                              Agreements and not be affected by this
                              extension and amendment.

3.2    Development

3.2.1  Products               It is the desire of the parties to
                              develop a Second Generation Product.
                              The decision by Amgen and Roche to
                              develop a Second Generation Product
                              shall be
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ******************************, the
                              Second Generation Product shall be
                              deemed to be a "Product" within the
                              meaning of the AMRO Agreement and
                              development will be governed by the

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                              terms thereof.  The specific product to
                              be developed shall be
                              ********************, in accordance
                              with the Evaluation Plan attached
                              hereto as Exhibit B.  Upon selection of
                              a Product for development following
                              completion of the Evaluation Plan,
                              Amgen and Roche shall prepare a
                              Development Plan.  Thereafter, Amgen
                              and Roche shall exercise commercially
                              reasonable efforts to develop and
                              commercialize the Product in accordance
                              with the Development Plan in the AMRO
                              territory.  Amgen shall control
                              development, preclinical, clinical,
                              regulatory and marketing of a Second
                              Generation Product and shall
                              distribute, and
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              The Development Plan including launch
                              date shall be mutually agreed upon.

3.2.2  *********** License    If the agreed upon Second Generation
                              Product includes any technology covered
                              by the *********** patents, Roche will
                              grant Amgen *************************
                              sublicense for the EU under any rights
                              Roche may have with respect to the
                              *********** patents under the
                              *********** license.

3.2.3  Amgen Products
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *****  This paragraph shall not apply
                              to G-CSF (Neupogen) or a Second
                              Generation Product which Amgen or its
                              licensee/partner brings to the EU in a
                              cell therapy ex-vivo expansion
                              application.

3.2.4  Roche Products
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************

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                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *****

3.2.5  Development Costs      Effective upon the date of this Heads
                              of Agreement, Amgen and Roche shall
                              share, in accordance with the then
                              current profit split under the AMRO
                              Agreement,
                              ************************************ in
                              the AMRO territory, including:

                              -    ********************************;

                              -
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************
                              **; and

                              -
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************
                              *********** License.  Such costs shall
                              include ********* payable to
                              *********** as follows:

                                   a) ***************** of the net
                                     sales of ***** Product
                                     *******************; provided,
                                     however, that in the event that

                                     (1) certain ********* have to
                                     be paid to a third party due to
                                     a patent issue, in such case
                                     the ******* payable to *****
                                     shall be
                                     *******************************
                                     *******************************
                                     ; or

                                     (2)  such ***** Product shall
                                     face significant competition
                                     from a third party
                                     *******************************
                                     *******************************
                                     ************* the *******
                                     payable to ***** in any such
                                     country shall be
                                     *******************************
                                     *******************************
                                     *******;

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                                   provided further that the
                                   *************** in the aggregate
                                   from (1) and (2) shall not cause
                                   the ************ payable to *****
                                   to be less than *****************.

                                   If both (1) and (2) are
                                   applicable, the calculation in (1)
                                   shall be made first and then (2)
                                   shall be calculated.

                                   b) For a Second Generation Product
                                     covered by ******* patents
                                     other than the product in a)
                                     all ************* as per a)
                                     will be ******* by
                                     *****************.

                                   c) For a Second Generation Product
                                     which would not be covered by
                                     ******* patents, all
                                     ************* as per a) will be
                                     ******* by ***.

                                   d) The ********* under c) above
                                     shall be payable so long as the
                                     *********** License is in full
                                     force and effect.

                                   Such costs shall also include the
                                   ********** payable to ***********
                                   as follows:

                                     (1) ************


                                                     ***************
                                         ***************************
                                         **************** shall be
                                         payable within *********
                                         after the signature of
                                         these Heads of Agreement.

                                     (2) ********************


                                                     ***************
                                         ***************************
                                         ******* shall be payable
                                         within ****************
                                         after the first entry of a
                                         patient in a **************
                                         with a Second Generation

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                                         Product or in any EU
                                         country or
                                         ********************** as
                                         agreed to in the time and
                                         events schedule in the
                                         Development Plan (to be
                                         established after the
                                         evaluation period),
                                         whichever is earlier.

                                     (3) ******************


                                                     ***************
                                         ***************************
                                         ******* shall be payable
                                         within ****************
                                         after 50% of patients have
                                         been enrolled in a
                                         *************** with a
                                         Second Generation Product
                                         in any EU country, or to
                                         ***************************
                                         ****** as agreed to in the
                                         time and events schedule of
                                         Development Plan, whichever
                                         occurs earlier.

                                     (4) ****************


                                                     ***************
                                         ***************************
                                         ***************************
                                         ** shall be payable within
                                         **************** after the
                                         submission of the first
                                         Second Generation Product
                                         license
                                         ***************************
                                         ******** to the Authority
                                         in
                                         ***************************
                                         ******* or the
                                         *********************** as
                                         agreed to in the time and
                                         events schedule in the
                                         Development Plan, whichever
                                         is earlier.

                                     (5) With respect to
                                         ***************************
                                         ***************************

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                                         * of (3) above and
                                         ***************************
                                         ***************************
                                         ***************** of (4)
                                         above, shall be
                                         ****************** the
                                         payment of ******* payable
                                         to *****.

3.2.6  ********* of Second    *************************************
       Generation Products
                                   **********************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************

                              *)
                                        *****************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********************************
                                   *************

                              *)
                                        *****************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********************************
                                   *************

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                              *)
                                        *****************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********************************
                                   ***************

                              *)
                                        *****************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********************************
                                   *****************************

                              *)
                                        *****************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********************************
                                   **********

3.2.7  Rest of Europe         If a Second Generation Product is
                              successfully developed and approved for
                              the EU, it is the intention of the
                              parties that if such rights are
                              available Roche be granted the rights
                              to sell the Product in *************
                              ("ROE") under the terms of the existing
                              agreements; provided, however, that
                              Amgen and Roche shall negotiate in good
                              faith the terms of such license, in
                              accordance with the following
                              principles:

                              3.2.7.1   if the Second Generation
                                        Product is not a *****
                                        Product and does not use the
                                        ********************* covered
                                        by the *********** License,
                                        the royalty payable by Roche
                                        to Amgen will be
                                        *********************,

                              3.2.7.2   if the Second Generation
                                        Product is not a *****
                                        Product but does use the
                                        ********************* covered
                                        by the *********** License,
                                        the royalty payable by Roche
                                        to Amgen will be
                                        ***************** that
                                        specified in Section 3.2.7.1,
                                        and

                              3.2.7.3   if the Second Generation
                                        Product is a ***** Product,

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the royalty payable by Roche to Amgen will be ***************** that
                                        specified in Section 3.2.7.2.

                              In such good faith negotiations the
                              parties will take into account all
                              factors relevant to each of them,
                              including without limitation royalties
                              each party may be required to pay to
                              third parties, the relative
                              contribution of the parties to the
                              particular Second Generation Product
                              and who is the manufacturer and at what
                              cost.  The term of the ROE Agreement
                              shall be until
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              **************************************,
                              whichever date is later.

3.2.8  Rest of World          If a Second Generation Product is
                              successfully developed and approved for
                              the EU, it is the intention of the
                              parties that if such rights are
                              available Roche be granted the rights
                              to sell the Product throughout the
                              world,
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ********** ("ROW") under the terms of
                              the existing agreements.  Kirin-Amgen
                              or Amgen, as the case may be, and Roche
                              shall negotiate in good faith a
                              modification of the terms of such
                              license, in accordance with the
                              following principles:

                              3.2.8.1   if the Second Generation
                                        Product is not a *****
                                        Product and does not use the
                                        ********************* covered
                                        by the *********** License,
                                        the royalty payable by Roche
                                        to Kirin-Amgen will be
                                        *****************************
                                        ***,

                              3.2.8.2   if the Second Generation
                                        Product is not a *****
                                        Product but does use the
                                        ********************* covered
                                        by the *********** License,
                                        the royalty payable by Roche

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                                        to Kirin-Amgen will be
                                        ***************** that
                                        specified in Section 3.2.8.1,
                                        and

                              3.2.8.3.  if the Second Generation
                                        Product is a ***** Product,
                                        the royalty payable by Roche
                                        to Kirin-Amgen will be
                                        ***************** that
                                        specified in Section 3.2.8.2.

                              In such good faith negotiations the
                              parties will take into account all
                              factors relevant to each of them,
                              including without limitation royalties
                              each party may be required to pay to
                              third parties, the relative
                              contribution of the parties to the
                              particular Second Generation Product
                              and who is the manufacturer and at what
                              cost.  The term of the ROW Agreement
                              shall be until the
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              *********************************,
                              whichever date is later.  Roche agrees
                              to ********* with Kirin such Second
                              Generation Product in the following
                              countries:
                              ***************************************
                              ***************************************
                              **********.

3.3    Manufacture by         If the Second Generation Product is
       ***********            the ***** Product, ***** shall have the
                              rights to manufacture the product for
                              the EU, ROE and ROW.

3.4    Manufacture by Amgen   All Second Generation Products other
                              than a *********** Product will be
                              manufactured by Amgen for the EU.

3.5    Definitive Agreement   The parties shall enter into a
                              definitive agreement within ninety (90)
                              days following execution of this Heads
                              of Agreement.

3.6    Miscellaneous          Sections 7.01 (a) and 11.01 of the AMRO
                              Agreements shall be revised to reflect
                              the new profit splits and to provide
                              for the sharing of Operating Losses in

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                              accordance with the profit splits for
                              the term of AMRO.

                              The AMRO Agreements shall be revised to
                              change the functional currency from
                              Swiss Francs to U.S. Dollars.

                              The AMRO Agreements shall no longer
                              provide for ***************** to Roche.

                              There is nothing in the Kirin-Amgen
                              Agreements that restricts Amgen or
                              Kirin-Amgen from fulfilling its
                              obligations under this Agreement
                              regarding any Second Generation Product
                              in the EU, ROE and ROW.

                              There is nothing in this Agreement that
                              restricts any party from
                              commercializing in the ROE and ROW a
                              Second Generation Product that is not
                              being commercialized in the EU.


The Heads of Agreement will become binding upon the parties upon the
execution hereof.  Although binding upon the parties, the terms
hereof shall be incorporated in a definitive amendment to the AMRO
Agreements containing additional terms, including terms addressing
individual country issues that exist between the parties.

Dated:  April 10, 1997

F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD           AMGEN INC.


By:  /s/ Werner Henrich             By:  /s/ George A. Vandeman

Dated:  April 10, 1997             Dated:  April 10, 1997



                                   KIRIN-AMGEN, INC.
                                   BY AMGEN INC.



                                   By:  /s/  George A. Vandeman

                                   Dated:  April 10, 1997

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                              Exhibit A


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                              Exhibit B

                           Evaluation Plan


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                                                             EXHIBIT 11



                               AMGEN INC.
                    COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS
                           PRIMARY COMPUTATION
                  (In millions, except per share data)
                               (Unaudited)

                                 Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                      June 30,            June 30,
                                   1997      1996      1997      1996
                                 ------   -------    ------    ------

  Net income ..................  $200.5    $178.7    $380.8    $322.3
                                 ======    ======    ======    ======

  Applicable common and common
   stock equivalent shares:

  Weighted average shares of
   common stock outstanding
   during the period ..........   265.3     264.9     265.3     265.4

  Incremental number of shares
   outstanding during the
   period resulting from the
   assumed exercises of stock
   options ....................    12.2      16.0      12.5      16.8
                                 ------    ------    ------    ------
  Weighted average shares of
   common stock and common
   stock equivalents
   outstanding during the
   period .....................   277.5     280.9     277.8     282.2
                                 ======    ======    ======    ======

  Earnings per common share
   primary.....................  $  .72    $  .64    $ 1.37    $ 1.14
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                                                             EXHIBIT 11



                               AMGEN INC.
                    COMPUTATION OF PER SHARE EARNINGS
                        FULLY DILUTED COMPUTATION
                  (In millions, except per share data)
                               (Unaudited)

                                 Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                      June 30,            June 30,
                                   1997      1996      1997      1996
                                 ------    ------    ------    ------

  Net income ..................  $200.5    $178.7    $380.8    $322.3
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  Applicable common and common
   stock equivalent shares:

  Weighted average shares of
   common stock outstanding
   during the period ..........   265.3     264.9     265.3     265.4

  Incremental number of shares
   outstanding during the
   period resulting from the
   assumed exercises of stock
   options ....................    12.2      16.0      12.5      16.8
                                 ------    ------    ------    ------
  Weighted average shares of
   common stock and common
   stock equivalents
   outstanding during the
   period .....................   277.5     280.9     277.8     282.2
                                 ======    ======    ======    ======

  Earnings per common share
   fully diluted ..............  $  .72    $  .64    $ 1.37    $ 1.14
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5 1,000,000 6-MOS DEC-31-1997 JUN-30-1997 331 894 229 0 106 1646 1045 65 3043 588 0 0 0 0 2270 3043 1103 1196 149 701 0 0 1 529 148 0 0 0 0 381 1.37 1.37






                             EXHIBIT 99

                             AMGEN INC.

               FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

Factors That May Affect Future Results

     Amgen operates in a rapidly changing environment that involves a
number of risks, some of which are beyond the Company's control.  The
following discussion highlights  some of these  risks and others  are
discussed elsewhere  herein  and  in other  documents  filed  by  the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  Period to period fluctuations

     The Company's operating  results may fluctuate  for a number  of
reasons.  The forecasting  of revenue is  inherently uncertain for  a
variety  of  reasons.    Because  the  Company  plans  its  operating
expenses, many of which  are relatively fixed in  the short term,  on
the basis  that revenues  will continue  to grow,  even a  relatively
small revenue  shortfall may  cause a  period's results  to be  below
expectations.  Such a revenue shortfall  could arise from any  number
of factors, including lower than expected demand, wholesalers' buying
patterns,  product  pricing   strategies,  fluctuations  in   foreign
currency  exchange   rates,   changes  in   government   or   private
reimbursement, transit interruptions, overall economic conditions  or
natural disasters (including earthquakes).

     See  "Results  of  Operations  -  Product  sales  -  NEUPOGEN(R)
(Filgrastim)" for a discussion regarding quarterly NEUPOGEN(R) sales.

     The Company's  stock price,  like  that of  other  biotechnology
companies, is  subject to  significant volatility.   If  revenues  or
earnings in  any  quarter fail  to  meet the  investment  community's
expectations, there could  be an  immediate impact  on the  Company's
stock price.  The  stock price may also  be affected by, among  other
things, clinical trial results and other product development  related
announcements  by  Amgen  or  its  competitors,  regulatory  matters,
intellectual property  and legal  matters,  or broader  industry  and
market trends unrelated to the Company's performance.

  Rapid growth

     In light  of  management's views  of  the potential  for  future
growth  of  the  Company's  business,  the  Company  has  adopted  an
aggressive  growth  plan  that  includes  substantial  and  increased
investments in research and development and investments in facilities
that will  be required  to support  significant  growth.   This  plan
carries with  it a  number  of risks,  including  a higher  level  of
operating expenses, the difficulty  of attracting and assimilating  a
large number of new employees,  and the complexities associated  with
managing a larger and faster growing organization.

  Product development

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     The Company intends to  continue to develop product  candidates.
Successful product  development  in  the  biotechnology  industry  is
highly  uncertain  and  only  a   small  minority  of  research   and
development programs  ultimately  result in  commercially  successful
drugs.  Product development is dependent on numerous factors, many of
which are  beyond the  Company's control.   Product  candidates  that
appear promising in the early phases of development may fail to reach
market for numerous reasons.  They may be found to be ineffective  or
to have harmful side effects in clinical or preclinical testing, fail
to receive necessary regulatory  approvals, be uneconomic because  of
manufacturing  costs  or   other  factors,  or   be  precluded   from
commercialization by the  proprietary rights of  others.  Success  in
preclinical and  early clinical  trials does  not ensure  that  large
scale clinical  trials  will be  successful.   Clinical  results  are
frequently susceptible to  varying interpretations  which may  delay,
limit  or  prevent   further  clinical   development  or   regulatory
approvals.  The length of time necessary to complete clinical  trials
and receive approval for product marketing by regulatory  authorities
varies significantly by product and indication and is often difficult
to predict.

  Regulatory approvals

     The success of current products and future product candidates of
the Company  will  depend  in part  upon  maintaining  and  obtaining
regulatory  approval  to  market  products.    Domestic  and  foreign
statutes and  regulations govern  matters relating  to the  Company's
products and  product candidates  and  the research  and  development
activities associated with  them.  The  Company's product  candidates
may prove  to have  undesirable side  effects that  may interrupt  or
delay clinical studies  and could ultimately  prevent or limit  their
commercial use.  The Company or regulatory authorities may suspend or
terminate clinical trials  at any time  if the  participants in  such
trials are believed to be exposed to unacceptable health risks.  Even
if regulatory  approval  is  obtained, a  marketed  product  and  its
manufacturer are subject  to continued  review.   Later discovery  of
previously unknown problems with a product or manufacturer may result
in restrictions on such product or manufacturer, including withdrawal
of the  product  from  the  market.    Failure  to  obtain  necessary
approvals, or  the  restriction,  suspension, or  revocation  of  any
approvals, or  the failure  to  comply with  regulatory  requirements
could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

  Reimbursement

     The success of the Company's products partially depends upon the
extent to which a  consumer is willing  to pay the  price or able  to
obtain reimbursement for the cost  of these products from  government
health administration authorities, private health insurers, and other
organizations.     Significant   uncertainties  exist   as   to   the
reimbursement status  of  newly approved  therapeutic  products,  and
current reimbursement policies for existing products may change.   It
is possible  that  changes  in reimbursement  or  failure  to  obtain
reimbursement may reduce the demand for or the price of the Company's
products.

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     Several factors could influence the pricing or reimbursement for
the Company's products including:  (1) third-party payors  continuing
to challenge the  prices charged for  medical services and  products,
(2) the trend  towards managed  care in  the United  States, (3)  the
growth  of  organizations  which   could  control  or   significantly
influence the purchase of health care services and products, and  (4)
legislative proposals  to reform  health  care or  reduce  government
insurance programs.  NEUPOGEN(R)  usage has been  and is expected  to
continue to be affected by cost containment pressures on health  care
providers worldwide.   In addition, patients  receiving EPOGEN(R)  in
connection with treatment  for end  stage renal  disease are  covered
primarily under medical programs provided by the federal  government.
Therefore, EPOGEN(R) sales may also be affected by future changes  in
reimbursement rates or  the basis  for reimbursement  by the  federal
government.

  Competition

     Substantial competition  exists  in the  biotechnology  industry
from  pharmaceutical  and  biotechnology  companies  which  may  have
technical or competitive advantages.  The Company competes with these
companies in  the  development  of  technologies  and  processes  and
sometimes competes with  them in acquiring  technology from  academic
institutions, government  agencies,  and  other  private  and  public
research organizations.  There can be  no assurance that the  Company
will be  able to  produce or  acquire rights  to products  that  have
commercial  potential.    Even   if  the  Company  achieves   product
commercialization, there can be no assurance that one or more of  the
Company's competitors may not: (1) achieve product  commercialization
earlier  than  the  Company,  (2)  receive  patent  protection   that
dominates or adversely affects the Company's activities, or (3)  have
significantly greater marketing capabilities.

     The field of biotechnology  has undergone rapid and  significant
technological change.    The  Company  expects  that  the  technology
associated with the Company's research and development will  continue
to develop rapidly, and the Company's  future success will depend  in
large part on  its ability to  maintain a  competitive position  with
respect to this technology.   Rapid technological development by  the
Company or  others  may  result in  some  of  the  Company's  product
candidates, products,  or  processes  becoming  obsolete  before  the
Company recovers a significant portion of the research,  development,
manufacturing, and commercialization expenses it incurs.  This  could
have a material adverse effect on the Company.

  Intellectual property and legal matters

     The  patent  positions   of  pharmaceutical  and   biotechnology
companies can  be  highly uncertain  and  involve complex  legal  and
factual questions.  Accordingly the breadth of claims allowed in such
companies' patents cannot be predicted.  Patent disputes are frequent
and can preclude commercialization of products.   The Company is  and
may in the future  be involved in material  patent litigation.   Such
litigation, if  decided  adversely,  could  subject  the  Company  to
significant liabilities and cause the  Company to obtain third  party
licenses or cease using the technology or product in dispute.

                             3


     The Company is  involved in arbitration  proceedings with  Ortho
Pharmaceutical  Corporation,  a  subsidiary  of  Johnson  &   Johnson
("Johnson & Johnson"), relating to a  license granted by the  Company
to Johnson & Johnson for sales  of Epoetin alfa in the United  States
for all human uses  except dialysis and diagnostics.   See Note 4  to
the Condensed Consolidated  Financial Statements  - "Contingencies  -
Johnson and Johnson arbitrations."  While it is impossible to predict
accurately or  determine  the  outcome of  these  proceedings,  based
primarily upon  the  merits of  its  claims and  based  upon  certain
liabilities established  due  to  the  inherent  uncertainty  of  any
arbitrated result, the  Company believes  that the  outcome of  these
proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its  financial
statements.  However, it is possible that an adverse decision  could,
depending on its  magnitude, have a  material adverse  effect on  the
financial statements.

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